A prospective study on the incidence of postponed time-sensitive urological procedures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic due to patient preference.
Ir J Med Sci
; 190(3): 919-923, 2021 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1384594
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The risk of acquiring perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection is concerning for surgeons and patients.AIMS:
In this study, we investigate the incidence of postponed, medically necessary, time-sensitive urological procedures due to a patient's unwillingness to proceed to a recommended surgical intervention during the first phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.METHODS:
We prospectively monitored all patients undergoing elective urological surgery during the initial phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The primary outcome measurement was incidence of postponed, medically necessary, urological procedures due to the patient's decision not to proceed to a recommended urological intervention (16th of March-5th of June 2020). The secondary outcome measurements were the type of delayed procedure and duration of postponement.RESULTS:
During the initial 12-week period of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, 155 elective urgent urological procedures were scheduled after pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 screening. In total, 140 procedures were performed and 15 (10%) patients intentionally delayed their urological procedure due to the perceived risk of acquiring nosocomial perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection. The duration for procedural delays is currently 42 ± 23 (range 15-80) days. The most frequently postponed procedures among patients unwilling to proceed to surgery are urgent endourological procedures due to symptomatic urolithiasis (n = 7/15).CONCLUSIONS:
The incidence for patients postponing urological procedures due to the risk of acquiring nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 is 10%. Endourological procedures for urolithiasis are the most frequently postponed procedures by patients. This study demonstrates that a subset of patients will decline urgent urological surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Urologic Surgical Procedures
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Elective Surgical Procedures
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Ir J Med Sci
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S11845-020-02438-6
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