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Patients undergoing surgery during the first wave of the pandemic vs date-matched cohorts from 2019
May signal unmeasured community harms from curtailed activity; leaves open broader pandemic effects on surgical outcomes.
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.
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