Postponing elective surgery due to COVID-19 did not decrease the oncological surgery rate in Finland

Br J Surg. 2021 May 27;108(5):e191-e193. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab046.

Authors

I Kuitunen^{1

2}, V T Ponkilainen³, M M Uimonen³, J Paloneva^{1

3}, A P Launonen⁴, V M Mattila^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
² Emergency Department, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland.
³ Department of Surgery, Central Finland Hospital Nova, Jyväskylä, Finland.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine and Health Technologies, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Elective Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data*
Facilities and Services Utilization
Finland / epidemiology
Humans
Neoplasms / surgery
Pandemics*
Referral and Consultation / statistics & numerical data
SARS-CoV-2
Surgical Oncology / statistics & numerical data*