Institutional surgical response and associated volume trends throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and postvaccination recovery period

S Ghoshal, G Rigney, D Cheng, R Brumit… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with decreased surgical procedure
volumes, but existing studies have not investigated this association beyond the end of 2020 …

Trends in US surgical procedures and health care system response to policies curtailing elective surgical operations during the COVID-19 pandemic

AS Mattingly, L Rose, HS Eddington… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of medical care, including
surgical treatment. It is critical to understand the association of government policies and …

Effect of COVID-19 pandemic restructuring on surgical volume and outcomes of non-COVID patients undergoing surgery

CC Shao, MC McLeod, L Gleason… - The American …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives COVID-19 has caused significant surgical delays as institutions minimize patient
exposure to hospital settings and utilization of health care resources. We aimed to assess …

A nation-wide review of elective surgery and COVID-surge capacity

NK Prasad, BR Englum, DJ Turner, R Lake… - Journal of Surgical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over 225,000 excess deaths in the
United States. A moratorium on elective surgery was placed early in the pandemic to reduce …

The impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on gastrointestinal operative volume in the United States

AC Purdy, BR Smith, SF Hohmann, NT Nguyen - Surgical Endoscopy, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background In March 2020, the Surgeon General recommended limiting elective
procedures to prepare for the COVID-19 surge. We hypothesize a consequence of COVID …

Factors associated with general surgery residents' operative experience during the COVID-19 pandemic

AC Purdy, C De Virgilio, AH Kaji, ES Frey… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The suspension of elective operations in March 2020 to prepare for the COVID-
19 surge posed significant challenges to resident education. To mitigate the potential …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in use of surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic by surgical urgency and race and ethnicity

TC Tsai, AF Bryan, N Rosenthal, J Zheng… - JAMA Health …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The extent of the disruption to surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic has
not been empirically characterized on a national level. Objective To characterize the use of …

Surgical volume reduction and the announcement of triage during the 1st wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a cohort study using an interrupted time series …

T Okuno, D Takada, J Shin, T Morishita, H Itoshima… - Surgery Today, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented
challenges for surgical staffs to minimize exposure to COVID-19 or save medical resources …

Preserving elective surgeries in the COVID-19 pandemic and the future

JW Meredith, KP High, JA Freischlag - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
“Cancel everything” has trended as a hashtag during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) pandemic, and for good reason. The pandemic has touched virtually …

The surge after the surge: cardiac surgery post–COVID-19

R Salenger, EW Etchill, N Ad, T Matthew, D Alejo… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically reduced
adult cardiac surgery case volumes as institutions and surgeons curtail nonurgent …