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Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study.

James C Glasbey, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Joana FF Simoes, Omar Omar, Elizabeth Li, Mary L Venn, undefined Pgdme, Mohammad K Abou Chaar, Vita Capizzi, Daoud Chaudhry, Anant Desai, Jonathan G Edwards, Jonathan P Evans, Marco Fiore, Jose Flavio Videria, Samuel J Ford, Ian Ganly, Ewen A Griffiths, Rohan R Gujjuri, Angelos G Kolias Show all

Journal of Clinical Oncology | American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.1200/JCO.20.01933

Abstract

PURPOSE: As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19-free surgical pathways were associated with lower postoperative pulmonary complication rates compared with hospitals with no defined pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This international, multicenter cohort study included patients who underwent elective surgery for 10 solid cancer types without preoperative suspicion of SARS-CoV-2. Participating hospitals included patients from local emergence of SARS-CoV-2 until April 19, 2020. At the time of surgery, hospitals were defined as having a..

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Keywords

Logistic Models
Middle Aged
Aged, 80 and Over
Humans
Neoplasms
Postoperative Complications
Covidsurg Collaborative
Critical Care
Epidemics
Aged
Female
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Covid-19
Sars-Cov-2
Male
International Cooperation
Cohort Studies
Elective Surgical Procedures