Bone sarcoma surgery in times of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown-early experience from a tertiary centre in India.
J Surg Oncol
; 122(5): 825-830, 2020 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-640749
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown has presented a unique challenge for sarcoma care. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the early results and feasibility of surgeries for bone sarcomas during the COVID-19 lockdown.METHODS:
Our prospectively collected orthopaedic oncological database was reviewed to include two groups of patients- those who underwent surgery in the immediate 4 weeks before lockdown (non-lockdown group) and those operated in the first 4 weeks of lockdown (lockdown group). All patients were followed-up clinically and telephonically to collect the outcome data.RESULTS:
Out of the 91 patients who qualified for inclusion, fifty were classified into the non-lockdown group while 41 patients formed the lockdown group. Both the groups were comparable with respect to baseline demographic parameters. However, during the lockdown period 37 patients (90%) had undergone a major surgical intervention as against 24 patients (48%) in the non-lockdown group (P < .001). There was no significant difference in type of anaesthesia, median estimated blood loss and procedure duration. None of the patients/health care workers had evidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 infection at 15 days follow-up.CONCLUSION:
Our study results suggest that appendicular bone tumours can be safely operated with adequate precautions during the lockdown period.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sarcoma
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Bone Neoplasms
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Surg Oncol
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jso.26112
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