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Table 4 Emergency surgery in COVID-19 + cases

From: Emergency general surgery in Italy during the COVID-19 outbreak: first survey from the real life

  

Number

Percent

Surgical interventions in COVID-19+

No

48

67.6

Yes

23

32.4

Indications to surgery1

Very urgent diseases2

16

22.5

Urgent diseases3

11

15.5

Trauma

3

4.2

Elective oncologic surgery

4

5.6

Surgical approach

Only laparoscopy

5

7.0

Only open

8

11.3

Open and laparoscopy

10

14.1

Comparison with the number of February–March 2019 emergency interventions

Increased

8

11.3

Reduced

39

54.9

Stable

24

33.8

Unusual delay in presentation for urgent pathology4

Yes

28

39.4

No

43

60.6

Increase in post-operative complication rate

Yes

5

7.1

No

66

92.9

  1. 1In each center, more than 1 answer was reported
  2. 2For example, bowel perforations, diffuse peritonitis, and septic shock, hemorrhages with shock, bowel ischemia, and necrosis
  3. 3For example, acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis, acute cholecystitis, and obstruction
  4. 4For example, unusual high rate of acute gangrenous appendicitis, perforated cholecystitis, and stanched bowel perforation