Effect on short‐term outcomes of the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic following laparoscopic distal gastrectomy and low anterior resection for gastric and rectal cancer: A retrospective study using the Japanese National Clinical Database, 2018–2022
In Japan, laparoscopic surgery was safe and unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic, even in 2022, when the epidemic spread.
Authors
- Hidefumi Shiroshita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2800-8314)
- M. Mori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2921-1592)
- Norihito Wada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4857-8453)
- Yoshihiro Kakeji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2727-0241)
- Susumu Eguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-0152)
- Hiroyuki Yamamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3337-7595)
- Yukinori Kurokawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-0132)
- Tomonori Akagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0722-0343)
- Yoshiharu Sakai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9864-4186)
- Yosuke Seki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0965-7415)
- Hideki Endo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-0332)
- Akinobu Taketomi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-3678)
- Yuko Kitagawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0271-5670)
- Masafumi Inomata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8475-3688)
- Shigeki Yamaguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-2818)
Institutions
- Oita University (JP)
- Keio University (JP)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery (JP)
- Osaka Hospital (JP)
- Japan Surgical Society (JP)
- Tokyo Women's Medical University (JP)
- Yotsuya Medical Cube (JP)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- Kobe University (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- The University of Osaka (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ags3.12901
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.28
Funders
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare