[COVID-19 and plastic surgery: aesthetic surgery or essential medical care? - Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient care in the plastic surgery department at an university hospital].

CONCLUSION:  A significant amount of surgical procedures in plastic surgery at a supraregional academic health centre consists of emergency, acute and urgent medically necessary cases. During the lockdown, surgical procedures were performed without a significant increase in complication rates. Despite challenges during the pandemic, high-quality patient care was provided throughout. To process less urgent yet important cases accumulated during the lockdown in a reasonable amount of time and maintaining the same level of high-quality care, additional capacities regarding operating rooms, hospital beds and outpatient care are needed. These results point out the importance of plastic surgery for medical care, in particular during times of crisis. PMID: 33530126 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir Source Type: research