Colorectal Cancer Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Center Experience.
In Vivo
; 35(2): 1299-1305, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1100488
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIM:
A notable re-allocation of healthcare resources and specific clinical and organizational measures have been required to prevent COVID-19 infection among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
From March 9th to May 9th 2020 we performed colorectal cancer elective surgery on 25 patients a pre-hospital screening was carried out in order to avoid hospitalization of patients suspected of COVID-19 infection.RESULTS:
All patients (median age=76 years; range=37-88 years) were considered suitable for admission after telephone triage; the median interval between primary diagnosis and hospital admission was 23.1 days (range=1-55 days). The median hospitalization was 7.8 days (range=4-18 days). One COVID-19-associated death was reported.CONCLUSION:
Our experience demonstrates that safe colorectal cancer elective surgery can be performed during the pandemic COVID-19. Further consensus and guidelines to prevent diffusion of pandemic diseases among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers still need to be implemented.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Colorectal Neoplasms
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Elective Surgical Procedures
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
In Vivo
Journal subject:
Neoplasms
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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