Ostalo
https://doi.org/10.20471/LO.2020.48.02-03.08
The impact of COVID-19 epidemiological restriction guidelines measures in a Croatian tertiary colorectal cancer center
Iva Kirac
; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors,Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Zvonimir Misir
; Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Vorih
; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors,Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Loris Ćurt
; Department of Emergency Medicine Sisak County, Sisak, Croatia
Mario Šekerija
; Croatian National Cancer Registry, Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Nataša Antoljak
; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb and Croatian Institute of Public Health, School of Public Health Andrija Štampar, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Background: In the past six months, Croatia faced a short lockdown and a slow return to most hospitals’ everyday activities. During the lockdown, our center, as a part of the University Hospital Centre specialized for solid cancer, was enabled to maintain most of the routine practices with the one-month colonoscopy exception.
Aim: To determine the oscillation in the number of endoscopies and colorectal surgery for 13 months (six months pre and post COVID-19 lockdown).
Materials and methods: From August 1st, 2019, until August 31st 2020, the hospital analytics determine the number of colonoscopies, screening colonoscopies, and surgeries.
Results: During the given period number of detected and operated colorectal cancers was stable, except for April, when we mostly did not perform colonoscopies.
Conclusion: We maintained a pre-COVID-19 pace in colorectal cancer treatment, colonoscopies, and colorectal surgery after epidemiological guidelines for colonoscopies and colorectal surgery were applied, owing to the relatively stable overall epidemiological situation
Ključne riječi
colorectal surgery; colonoscopy; COVID-19; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
250187
URI
Datum izdavanja:
21.12.2020.
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