Open AccessOutcomes of gallstone complications during the COVID pandemic
Author(s) -
John Isherwood,
Bijaya Karki,
Wen Yuan Chung,
Tareq Alsaoudi,
Jan Wolff,
Deep J. Malde,
Neil Bhardwaj,
Giuseppe Garcea,
Ashley R. Dennison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
british journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1365-2168
pISSN - 0007-1323
DOI - 10.1093/bjs/znaa068
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , cholecystitis , general surgery , pancreatitis , disease , perforation , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , emergency medicine , surgery , gallbladder , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , materials science , punching , metallurgy
As data and metadata from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic mature, the true impact on non-cancer, non-emergency surgical practice is becoming apparent. The authors present data on the impact of gallstone disease in their unit during 5 months of the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020 to August 2020) compared with the equivalent period in 2019. Although the total number of patients presenting with gallstone disease was comparable, there was a decrease in patients with cholecystitis and perforation (although it is possibly too early for these to have presented), and there was a small but worrying increase in patients with gallstone pancreatitis. With the recent increase in alert level to 4 and increased government restrictions in an attempt to avoid a second national lockdown, a consistent national approach is required to mitigate these risks.
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