Surgical Care under COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions (Literature Review)
https://doi.org/10.24060/2076-3093-2022-12-3-193-198
Abstract
Since March 2020, when COVID-19 pandemic was declared by WHO, the new coronavirus infection has spread widely around the world, claiming many lives and destroying the economies, social structures, and various aspects of people’s lives. The pandemic has had a major impact on health facilities, including the surgical service. The healthcare system had to completely reorganize its methods of work. The need to deploy a significant number of infectious disease beds necessitated the convertion of many medical organizations into Covid hospitals, with a reduction in surgical units and beds. The scheduled surgical operations were therefore cancelled and postponed. Emergency surgical care was provided as needed, albeit in a reduced scope. The number of patients seeking emergency surgical care decreased mainly due to the fear of contracting COVID-19. The data show that there is a significant increase in the number of perioperative complications and mortality, especially in patients with acute surgical pathology and co-occurring COVID-19. The paper presents the data from professional literature on the peculiarities of surgical care in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, changes in a number of obligatory indicators of the quality of surgical care for patients.
About the Authors
M. V. Timerbulatov
Bashkir State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Prof., Department of Faculty Surgery
Ufa
R. R. Garaev
Bashkir State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of Surgery with a course of Endoscopy for Advanced
Professional Education
Ufa
Sh. V. Timerbulatov
Bashkir State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Department of Surgery with a course of Endoscopy for Advanced Professional Education
Ufa
A. A. Bakirov
Bashkir State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Prof., Department of General Surgery with Transplantology and X-ray Diagnostics Courses for Advanced
Professional Education
Ufa
A. R. Gafarova
Bashkir State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Departmentnof Surgery with a course of Endoscopy for Advanced
Professional Education
Ufa
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Timerbulatov M.V., Garaev R.R., Timerbulatov Sh.V., Bakirov A.A., Gafarova A.R. Surgical Care under COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions (Literature Review). Creative surgery and oncology. 2022;12(3):193-198. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24060/2076-3093-2022-12-3-193-198
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