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01-01-2022 | SARS-CoV-2 | Original Article
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on functional urology procedures in France: a prospective study
Authors:
Cyrille Guillot-Tantay, Grégoire Robert, Alain Ruffion, Xavier Gamé, Astrid Balanca, Tiffany Cousin, Pierre-Vincent Campello, Jeanne Simon, Maximilien Baron, Raphael Fleury, Pierre-Luc Dequirez, Sypre Davidson, Charles Joussain, Lucie Vangheluwe, Vassily Anastay, Priscilla Léon, Marie-Aimée Perrouin-Verbe, Benoit Peyronnet, Xavier Biardeau, Jean-Nicolas Cornu, Gilles Karsenty, Véronique Phé
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World Journal of Urology
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Issue 1/2022
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Abstract
Purpose
To evaluate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on functional urology procedures in France.
Methods
A prospective study was conducted within 11 secondary and tertiary referral centers in France. Patients aged > 18 years who were diagnosed with a functional urology disease before the national lockdown (March 17th, 2020) and who required a surgery were included. Study period went from March 17th to September 30th 2020. The included interventions were listed according to the guidelines for functional urology enacted by the French Association of Urology and delay of reoperation was compared to the guidelines’ delay. The primary outcome was the number of procedures left unscheduled at the end of the study period. Descriptive statistics were performed.
Results
From March 17th 2020 to September 3 rd 2020, 1246 patients with a previous diagnosis of a functional urological disease requiring a surgery were included. The mean follow-up was 140.4 days (± 53.4). Overall, 316 interventions (25.4%) were maintained whereas 74 (5.9%) were canceled, 848 (68.1%) postponed and 8 patients (0.6%) died. At the end of the follow-up, 184 patients (21.7%) were still not rescheduled. If the intervention was postponed, the mean delay between the initial and final date was 85.7 days (± 64.4).
Conclusion
Overall, more than two thirds of interventions had to be postponed and the mean delay between the initial and final date was about three months.