Impact of COVID-19 on the patient requiring surgery - The COVID Surg III project

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the care provided in hospitals. For example, regular care had to make way for care for COVID-19 patients. It is not known to what extent operations or interventions have been adjusted or postponed during the corona pandemic and what consequences this has had for patients who had to undergo an operation or intervention. Goal The aim of this project is to determine the consequences of the corona pandemic for patients with COVID-19 and for patients without COVID-19 who required surgery or intervention during this period. Method Within the COVID-Surg-III project we are bringing together the following existing, large registrations: various registrations of the Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing (DICA) the Dutch Heart Registry (NHR) the National Registration of Orthopedic Implants (LROI) the National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) the appendicitis study (APPIC) the Dutch Transplant Foundation On the one hand, we analyze the consequences for patients who underwent surgery or an intervention while infected with the coronavirus. On the other hand, we evaluate to what extent the treatment of patients without corona infection has changed or postponed during the corona crisis, how this decision was made and how patients experienced this period. Finally, we ask how healthcare providers look back on the care provided and how this could possibly be improved in the future. What does this achieve? The knowledge we gain by carrying out these studies can be used in the future during any future pandemics or periods of healthcare scarcity, for example due to the increasing aging population.