Mortality of Cancer Surgery During SARS CoV2 Pandemic

Banaras Hindu University

Status: Completed

Conditions: SARS CoV 2 Infection; Cancer

Treatments: Other: Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05240378

Dean/2021/EC/3004

Details and patient eligibility

About

The impact of cancer surgery during covid epidemic is not clear. The published reports show contradictory findings that extend from no change in mortality to increased mortality, further no data on exposure and outcome of health care worker is available. This study is designed to address the above questions

Full description

This is a retrospective study from the prospectively collected data that is extracted from the electronic database of Department of Surgical Oncology, IMS, BHU The data is inform of two cohorts one extending from April 2019-April 2020 and other from May 2020 to May 2021 i.e. pre covid and during covid pandemic

Enrollment: 1,576 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients operated during the study period

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

1,576 participants in 2 patient groups

Pre covid

Description:

Cases operated one year prior to the date of declaration of corona pandemic in India

Treatment:

Other: Surgery

post covid

Description:

cases operated from the date of declaration of corona pandemic to one year after

Treatment:

Other: Surgery