Safety and adverse events of urgent elective surgery during COVID-19 within three UK hospitals

Br J Surg. 2021 Jan 27;108(1):e51-e52. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znaa058.

Abstract

This is a cohort study including 283 patients who underwent breast and urological procedures in three UK centres during the peak of COVID-19. COVID-related 30-day mortality was zero, as well as COVID-related admissions. Only 12 patients developed COVID-19 symptoms, although none had a positive COVID swab. Non-emergency surgery for breast and urological conditions was safe during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, provided contemporaneous safety measures were followed.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Ambulatory Care
  • COVID-19 / transmission*
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Elective Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology