Urologic surgery in a safe hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic scenario.
Minerva Urol Nephrol
; 73(3): 384-391, 2021 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1298271
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The COVID-19 pandemic induced a global emergency that overwhelmed most hospitals around the world. Access to hospitals has been restricted to selective oncological and urgent patients to minimize surgeries requiring Intensive Care Unit care. All other kind of non-urgent and benign surgeries have been rescheduled. The burden of oncological and urgent cases on the healthcare system has increased.METHODS:
We have been asked to become the referral center for major oncological and urgent urological surgeries, increasing our surgical volume. Through meticulous hospital protocols on PPE, use of nasopharyngeal swabs, controlled hospital access and the prompt management of suspected/positive cases, we were able to perform 31% more urological surgical procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the same period in 2019.RESULTS:
We observed a 72% increase in oncological surgical procedures and 150% in urgent procedures.CONCLUSIONS:
Our experience shows how the management of oncological and urgent cases can be maintained during unexpected, global emergencies, such as COVID-19.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Urologic Surgical Procedures
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Minerva Urol Nephrol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S2724-6051.20.03923-5
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