Prevalence of surgery cancelation and challenges in restarting elective surgery in the pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic caused primary disruption of health services, especially to elective surgery. As the pandemic goes in waves of high and low infection rates in a country, restarting elective surgery must be dynamic while balancing patients' needs, staff safety and the hospital capacity. We aim to report the prevalence of elective surgery and minimally invasive procedures cancelation due to positive Covid-19 screening and describe steps in restarting elective cases after the third wave of Covid-19 infection.

Methods

This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study in Indonesia's tertiary referral and teaching hospital from January to September 2021. Subjects were patients scheduled for elective surgery or minimally invasive procedures from our outpatient cli

SUBMITTER: Giwangkancana G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9221740 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature