Open AccessPerioperative outcomes of patients undergoing urological elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national overview across 28 Italian institutions
Author(s) -
Andrea Minervini,
Fabrizio Di Maida,
Angelo Porreca,
Bernardo Rocco,
Antonio Celia,
Pierluigi Bove,
Paolo Umari,
Alessandro Volpe,
Antonio Galfano,
Antonio Luigi Pastore,
Filippo Annino,
P. Parma,
Francesco Greco,
R. Nucciotti,
Riccardo Schiavina,
Francesco Esposito,
Daniele Romagnoli,
Costantino Leonardo,
R. Falabella,
Fabrizio Gallo,
Michele Amenta,
Carmine Sciorio,
Paolo Verze,
Alessandro Tafuri,
Luigi Pucci,
Virginia Varca,
S. Zaramella,
Vincenzo Pagliarulo,
Giorgio Bozzini,
C. Ceruti,
Mario Falsaperla,
Angelo Cafarelli,
Alessandro Antonelli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
central european journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2080-4873
pISSN - 2080-4806
DOI - 10.5173/ceju.2021.0374
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , elective surgery , observational study , percutaneous , covid-19 , surgery , pandemic , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The aim of this study was to assess the safety of elective urological surgery performed during the pandemic by estimating the prevalence of COVID-19-like symptoms in the postoperative period and its correlation with perioperative and clinical factors.