Epidemiological pattern of traumatic brain injury in the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

FA Damara, GR Muchamad, A Anton, AN Ramdhani… - World neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Although the incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) has decreased since the
beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and severe acute …

[HTML][HTML] Outcomes of patients undergoing elective liver and pancreas cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an international, multicentre, prospective …

SC McKay, COVIDSurg Collaborative - HPB, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection upon HPB cancer surgery perioperative
outcomes is unclear. Establishing risk is key to individualising treatment pathways. We …

The snapshot audit methodology: design, implementation and analysis of prospective observational cohort studies in surgery

GA Bass, LJ Kaplan, ÉJ Ryan, Y Cao… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose For some surgical conditionns and scientific questions, the “real world”
effectiveness of surgical patient care may be better explored using a multi-institutional time …

[HTML][HTML] Surgical treatment and outcomes of colorectal cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national population-based study in England

A Kuryba, JM Boyle, HA Blake, A Aggarwal… - Annals of Surgery …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To compare the management and outcomes of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients
during the first 2 months of the COVID-19 pandemic with the preceding 6 months …

Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer performed during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

DP Dolan, SJ Swanson, DN Lee, E Polhemus… - Seminars in thoracic and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Delay in time to esophagectomy for esophageal cancer has been shown to have worse peri-
operative and long-term outcomes. We hypothesized that COVID-19 would cause a delay to …

[HTML][HTML] Can patients with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection safely undergo elective surgery?

JC Glasbey, TD Dobbs, TEF Abbott - British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2022 - Elsevier
Current or recent infection with SARS-CoV-2 increases the risk of perioperative morbidity
and mortality. Consensus guidelines recommend delaying elective major surgery after acute …

UK Head and neck cancer surgical capacity during the second wave of the COVID—19 pandemic: Have we learned the lessons? COVIDSurg collaborative

R Shaw, COVIDSurg Collaborative… - Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in surgical capacity for head
and neck cancer in the UK between the first wave (March‐June 2020) and the current wave …

[HTML][HTML] Thyroid surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a systematic review

L Scappaticcio, MI Maiorino, S Iorio… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose During the COVID-19 pandemic, elective thyroid surgery is experiencing delays.
The problem is that the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing. The research purposes were to …

Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown on in-hospital mortality and surgical activity in elective digestive resections: a nationwide cohort analysis

A Challine, B Dousset, N de'Angelis, JH Lefèvre… - Surgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection has led to the
reorganization of hospital care in several countries. The objective was to report the …

[HTML][HTML] Achieving a textbook outcome in colon cancer surgery is associated with improved long-term survival

DK Manatakis, M Tzardi, J Souglakos, J Tsiaoussis… - Current …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Colon cancer surgery is a complex clinical pathway and traditional quality
metrics may exhibit significant variability between hospitals and healthcare providers. The …