Retrospective registry-based nationwide analysis of the COVID-19 lockdown effect on the volume of general and visceral non-malignant surgical procedures

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute virus infection, which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The Swiss government decreed a public lockdown to reduce and restrict further infections. The aim of this investigation was to analyze the impact of the firs...

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Main Authors: René Fahrner, Eliane Dohner, Fiona Joséphine Kierdorf, Claudio Canal, Valentin Neuhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:Surgery in Practice and Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666262024000081