Real-world evidence of safety and influence for lung cancer surgery under COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the clinical practice of lung cancer surgery in Japan, but few studies have revealed the real situation of surgical practice for lung cancer in this country. This latest information will help us to decide the future direction of lung cancer surgery under pandemic circumstances.

Methods

We collected data from patients with primary lung cancer who underwent thoracic surgery between 2018 and 2021. To investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lung cancer surgery, we compared between 2018-2019 (prepandemic group) and 2020-2021 (pandemic group) in the respect of patient characteristics, pathological findings, and short-term outcome after lung cancer resection by Mann-Whitney and Fisher's exact tests. Moreover, the monthly numb

SUBMITTER: Kato T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992575 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature