Defining Essential Surgery in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Aviva S Mattingly; Hyrum S Eddington; Liam Rose; Arden M Morris; Amber W Trickey; Mark R Cullen; Sherry M Wren

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.3944

Defining Essential Surgery in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic Response

JAMA Surg. 2023 Jan 1;158(1):99-100. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.3944.

Authors

Aviva S Mattingly¹, Hyrum S Eddington², Liam Rose^{2

3}, Arden M Morris^{2

4

5}, Amber W Trickey², Mark R Cullen⁶, Sherry M Wren^{2

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
² Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research & Education Center, Stanford, California.
³ Economics Resource Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto, California.
⁴ Surgical Service, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
⁶ Center for Population Health Sciences, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, California.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study compares the volume of performed surgical procedures classified as essential, urgent, and nonurgent before and after elective surgeries were restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Elective Surgical Procedures
Humans
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2