A scoping review on the changes in vascular surgical practice during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound effect on the delivery of vascular surgery to patients around the world. In order to conserve resources and reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection, many institutions have postponed or cancelled surgical procedures. In this scoping review, we aim to review current literature and recapitulate the significant changes in elective and emergency vascular surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted this scoping review in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews. We included all articles that had reported the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on elective or emergency vascular surgery. A total of 28 articles were included in this scoping review. We identified eight distinct themes that were relevant to our study topic. We report global, regional, and local data on vascular surgical cases. We also discuss the adoption of vascular surgery triage systems, emergence of global collaborative vascular surgery research groups, increased use of endovascular techniques and locoregional anesthesia, delayed presentation of vascular surgery conditions, and poorer outcomes of patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia. This scoping review provides a snapshot of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on elective and emergency vascular surgery.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Seminars in vascular surgery - 34(2021), 3 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 63-73

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Keng Siang [VerfasserIn]
Ranganathan, Sruthi [VerfasserIn]
Choong, Andrew M T L [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Jun Jie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Elective Surgical Procedure
Emergencies
Health Services Research
Journal Article
Pandemics
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 28.10.2021

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2021.07.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331828413