Effect of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on mortality related to high-risk emergency and major elective surgery

Br J Surg. 2021 Jul 23;108(7):754-759. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab029.

Abstract

These data show large reductions in both elective and emergency activity that are concerning for unmeasured morbidity and mortality within the community. The risk of mortality following high-risk EGS and major elective surgery during the first wave of the pandemic did not differ when compared with date-matched patient cohorts from 2019. The prevalence of concomitant SARS-CoV-2 infection in this surgical population is low.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • COVID-19 / complications
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology*
  • Comorbidity
  • Databases, Factual
  • Elective Surgical Procedures / mortality
  • Elective Surgical Procedures / trends
  • Emergencies
  • England / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Health Services Accessibility / trends
  • Hospitalization / trends
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Odds Ratio
  • Pandemics*
  • Prevalence
  • Risk
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / mortality*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / trends