Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Performed During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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 surgery, with worse perioperative outcomes, compared to standard operations. All esophagectomies for esophageal cancer at a single institution from March-June 2020, COVID-19 group, and from 2019 were reviewed and peri-operative details were compared between groups. Ninety-six esophagectomies were performed in 2019 vs 37 during March-June 2020 (COVID-19 group).
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Daniel P. Dolan, Scott J. Swanson, Daniel N. Lee, Emily Polhemus, Suden Kucukak, Daniel C. Wiener, Raphael Bueno, Jon O. Wee, Abby White Tags: THORACIC – Original Submission Source Type: research
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