Performance of General Surgical Procedures in Outpatient Settings Before and After Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has advocated for the expansion of outpatient surgery to conserve limited hospital resources and bed capacity, while maintaining surgical throughput, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

To investigate the association of the COVID-19 pandemic with outpatient scheduled general surgery procedures.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter, retrospective cohort study analyzed data from hospitals participating in the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2019 (before COVID-19), and from January 1 to December 31, 2020 (during COVID-19). Adult patients (≥18 years of age) who underwent any 1 of the 16 most frequently performed scheduled general surgery

SUBMITTER: Shariq OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9982689 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature