Doing Safe Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic

Aim : Our tertiary hospital was declared pandemic hospital in the period of COVID-19 outbreak. As a general surgery clinic like other clinics, we started to organize and work for the pandemic. We aimed to present our practices in the general surgery clinic and the measures we have taken. Material and Methods : The data of patients who admitted to general surgery clinics between 10 March 2020 and 1 May 2020 were obtained retrospectively through medical record system of the hospital. Results : Planned elective surgical procedures were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but oncological cases were operated. 94 patients who were hospitalized for emergency reasons were followed up with non operative, medical treatment. There was a statistically significant difference in the number of surgeries between the pre pandemic and during pandemic periods. 51 patients did not accept hospitalization because of the pandemic. Conclusion : We are grateful to all scientists who share their data clearly. Since the number of infected personnel due to the precautions taken in our clinic is low and there is no postoperative infected patient, we hope that these kinds of studies help to normalize in a shorter time.