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Published on: November 7, 2020
[Surgical treatment of COVID-19 patients during the pandemic]
V G Agadzhanov1, T V Khorobrykh1, S E Khmyrova1
1Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
Objective:
To analyze the results of emergency surgery in COVID-19 patients with viral pneumonia.
Material And Methods:
A retrospective study included 75 COVID-19 patients who underwent emergency surgical interventions. Comorbidities included cardiac diseases, nonspecific lung diseases, type 2 diabetes, kidney diseases, overweight, and cancer. Various combinations of these diseases were also noted.
Results:
We carried out emergency surgeries for abdominal, thoracic, soft tissue and venous diseases. Postoperative mortality was 42.6%. The best results were obtained after minimally invasive interventions without mechanical ventilation. Extended surgery with mechanical ventilation was followed by fast progression of pneumonia according to clinical and CT data.
Conclusion:
Surgical interventions undoubtedly worsen prognosis of treatment in patients with COVID-19. Emergency minimally invasive surgery without mechanical ventilation can reduce the risk of unfavorable outcomes in patients with viral pneumonia, especially in case of concomitant cancer and other severe comorbidities.
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