R Sgarzani, G Macrì, A Gurrado, A Curcio, F De Lorenzi, V Galimberti, C Garusi, M Bocchiotti, M Roncella, F Rovera, G Caputo, A Sgarella, L Barone Adesi, D Terribile, R Nonnis, P Frittelli, B Cagli, S Tenna, I Baldelli, A Cordova, R Elia, M Salgarello
COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on surgical activities. The aim of this multi-centric, retrospective study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast surgery. The patients who operated during the pre-pandemic year 2019 were compared to those operated in 2020. Fourteen Breast Care Units provided data on breast surgical procedures performed in 2020 and 2019: total number of breast-conserving surgery (BCS), number of 1st level oncoplastic breast surgery (OBS), number of 2nd level OBS; total number of mastectomies, mastectomies without reconstruction, mastectomies with a tissue expander, mastectomies with direct to implant (DTI) reconstruction, mastectomies with immediate flap reconstruction; total number of delayed reconstructions, number of expanders to implant reconstructions, number of delayed flap reconstructions...
March 6, 2023: Updates in Surgery