Is minor surgery safe during the COVID-19 pandemic? A multi-disciplinary study

To assess the risk of postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CONCEPTION study was a cohort, multidisciplinary study conducted at Conception University Hospital, in France, from March 17th to May 11th, 2020. Our study included all adult patients who underwent minor surge...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 16; no. 5; p. e0251122
Main Authors:	Baboudjian, Michael, Mhatli, Mehdi, Bourouina, Adel, Gondran-Tellier, Bastien, Anastay, Vassili, Perez, Lea, Proye, Pauline, Lavieille, Jean-Pierre, Duchateau, Fanny, Agostini, Aubert, Wazne, Yann, Sebag, Frederic, Foletti, Jean-Marc, Chossegros, Cyrille, Raoult, Didier, Touati, Julian, Chagnaud, Christophe, Michel, Justin, Bertrand, Baptiste, Giovanni, Antoine, Radulesco, Thomas, Sartor, Catherine, Fournier, Pierre-Edouard, Lechevallier, Eric
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 11-05-2021 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Anesthesia Bacteriology Biology and Life Sciences Body mass Body mass index Body size Bone surgery Cardiology and cardiovascular system Chest Complications and side effects Computed tomography Coronaviruses COVID-19 Departments Disease prevention Electronic health records Electronic medical records Emerging diseases Gynecology Head Head and neck Hospital facilities Hospitals Human health and pathology Hygiene Infectious diseases Kidney transplantation Kidneys Life Sciences Maxillofacial Maxillofacial surgery Medical imaging Medical supplies Medicine and Health Sciences Methodology Microbiology and Parasitology Neck Nosocomial infection Nosocomial infections Obstetrics Otolaryngology Pandemics Parasitology Patient outcomes Patients Plastic surgery Polymerase chain reaction Public health Questionnaires Radiology Research and Analysis Methods Respiratory diseases Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Supervision Surgery Urology Viral diseases Virology Visualization France Pandemics Otolaryngological procedures Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Surgical oncology COVID 19 Surgical and invasive medical procedures Virus testing Computed axial tomography
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Summary:	To assess the risk of postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CONCEPTION study was a cohort, multidisciplinary study conducted at Conception University Hospital, in France, from March 17th to May 11th, 2020. Our study included all adult patients who underwent minor surgery in one of the seven surgical departments of our hospital: urology, digestive, plastic, gynecological, otolaryngology, gynecology or maxillofacial surgery. Preoperative self-isolation, clinical assessment using a standardized questionnaire, physical examination, nasopharyngeal RT-PCR and chest CT scan performed the day before surgery were part of our active prevention strategy. The main outcome was the occurrence of a SARS-CoV-2 infection within 21 days following surgery. The COVID-19 status of patients after discharge was updated during the postoperative consultation and to ensure the accuracy of data, all patients were contacted again by telephone. A total of 551 patients from six different specialized surgical Departments in our tertiary care center were enrolled in our study. More than 99% (546/551) of included patients underwent a complete preoperative Covid-19 screening including RT-PCR testing and chest CT scan upon admission to the Hospital. All RT-PCR tests were negative and in 12 cases (2.2%), preoperative chest CT scans detected pulmonary lesions consistent with the diagnosis criteria for COVID-19. No scheduled surgery was postponed. One patient (0.2%) developed a SARS-CoV-2 infection 20 days after a renal transplantation. No readmission or COVID-19 -related death within 30 days from surgery was recorded. Minor surgery remained safe in the COVID-19 Era, as long as all appropriate protective measures were implemented. These data could be useful to public Health Authorities in order to improve surgical patient flow during a pandemic.
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ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0251122