How can surgical continuity be maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic? A quality improvement study in the pre-vaccination period
| العنوان: | How can surgical continuity be maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic? A quality improvement study in the pre-vaccination period |
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| المؤلفون: | Mehmet Mahir Özmen, Muhammet Kadri Çolakoğlu, Erol Pişkin, A. Güven, A. A. Sürel, Erdal Birol Bostanci, Volkan Oter, Yigit Mehmet Ozgun, Osman Aydin |
| المصدر: | Turk J Surg |
| بيانات النشر: | Turkish Journal of Surgery, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Quality management, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), business.industry, General surgery, Early detection, Malignancy, medicine.disease, Vaccination, Pandemic, Health care, medicine, Outpatient clinic, Original Article, business |
| الوصف: | Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the elective surgeries had to be postponed. However, it is not possible to delay the surgical treat- ment of cancer patients for a long time. The aim of this study was to present how gastrointestinal system surgery operations are managed without delay and how employee safety is ensured , together with the results of the last five months. For this purpose, a preclinical and clinical screening system was created. Material and Methods: Data of the patients who presented to our outpatient clinic between April 1st 2020 and August 31st 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. Results: During the last five months of the pandemic, a total of 387 patients were hospitalized and 309 of these patients underwent surgical procedures. 165 of the patients who underwent surgery were newly diagnosed malignancy patients. All patients who were hospitalized were subjected to a screening for COVID-19 during the preclinical, clinical and surgical period. In the preclinical period, five patients were found positive and were directed to COVID-19 treatment without hospitalization. In the clinical period, six patients were isolated by showing symptoms during the hospitalization period. Only one of these patients received surgical treatment. The remaining five patients underwent endoscopic and interventional procedures. In this process, COVID-19 positivity was detected in a total of five healthcare workers. Conclusion: With this preclinical and clinical screening method, it is shown that a COVID-19 sterile environment can be provided by early detection of positive cases in both patients and healthcare workers. In this way, the possibility of surgical continuity was demonstrated. |
| تدمد: | 2564-7032 2564-6850 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::da6865b499e50e9a6e9d304e606aaf51 https://doi.org/10.47717/turkjsurg.2021.5226 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....da6865b499e50e9a6e9d304e606aaf51 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 25647032 25646850 |
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