Vol. 100 No. 5 (2021), Short communication
Vol. 100 No. 5 (2021)

The The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on hernia surgery in the University Hospital in the Czech Republic

Short communication
Published 2021-06-13
Barbora Jíšová
III. chirurgická klinika I. LF UK a FN Motol
Jakub Woleský
III.chirurgická klinika 1. LF UK a FN Motol
Andrew de Beaux
Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
Barbora East
III. chirurgická klinika 1. LF UK a FN Motol
Robert Lischke
III. chirurgická klinika 1. LF UK a FN Motol
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Keywords

COVID 19
COVID 19 pandemy
hernia surgery
Emergency surgery

Abstract

procedures [1]. In March 2020, the global pandemic COVID-19 spread to Europe. This had a significant effect on health care systems all over the world, including the Czech Republic. In most countries, elective operations were temporarily cancelled or reduced to a minimum [2]. With the speed of onset of the pandemic, the guidance produced by countries and learned societies was an ever-changing affair [2,3]...

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