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 |