Surgery triage during the COVID19 pandemic

WJ Babidge, DR Tivey, JG Kovoor… - ANZ journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The novel coronavirus, SARSCoV2, caused the COVID19 global pandemic.
In response, the Australian and New Zealand governments activated their respective …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer management pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic: outcomes from the UK 'Alert Level 4'phase of the B-MaP-C study

RV Dave, B Kim, A Courtney, R O'Connell… - British journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Background The B-MaP-C study aimed to determine alterations to breast cancer (BC)
management during the peak transmission period of the UK COVID-19 pandemic and the …

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on oncological surgery activities: A retrospective study from a southern Italian region

G Di Martino, F Cedrone, P Di Giovanni, F Romano… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The pandemic had a strong impact on healthcare for other diseases, the so-
called collateral damage. This situation heavily impacted the health care system, causing a …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer diagnosis, treatment and research in African health systems: a review of current evidence and contextual …

CA Nnaji, J Moodley - Ecancermedicalscience, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has immensely disrupted
health care services globally. The pandemic has been particularly disruptive for cancer …

A qualitative study of reinforcement workers' perceptions and experiences of working in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A PsyCOVID-ICU substudy

F Perraud, F Ecarnot, M Loiseau, A Laurent… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Purpose During the COVID pandemic, many hospitals had to mobilize reinforcement
healthcare workers, especially in intensive care (ICUs). We investigated the perceptions and …

[HTML][HTML] A scoping review of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical practice

A Soltany, M Hamouda, A Ghzawi, A Sharaqi… - Annals of medicine and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The current COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the infrastructure of the
healthcare systems. To cope with the pandemic, substantial changes were introduced to …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic fair balancing of COVID-19 patients over hospitals based on forecasts of bed occupancy

S Dijkstra, S Baas, A Braaksma, RJ Boucherie - Omega, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper introduces mathematical models that support dynamic fair balancing of COVID-
19 patients over hospitals in a region and across regions. Patient flow is captured in an …

Higher complication rate in COVID-19 recovered patients undergoing primary total joint arthroplasty

A Lee, CR Durst, KT Rezzadeh, SS Rajaee… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background There is limited data reviewing complication risks associated with total joint
arthroplasty (TJA) after recovering from COVID-19. This study evaluated complications …

Development of a decision analytical framework to prioritise operating room capacity: lessons learnt from an empirical example on delayed elective surgeries during …

MM Rovers, SRW Wijn, JPC Grutters… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To develop a prioritisation framework to support priority setting for elective
surgeries after COVID-19 based on the impact on patient well-being and cost. Design We …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management of colorectal cancer in Denmark

HG Smith, KK Jensen, LN Jørgensen, PM Krarup - BJS open, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had a global impact on cancer care but the extent
to which this has affected the management of colorectal cancer (CRC) in different countries …