Impacts of <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic on short‐term outcomes of low anterior resection performed in hospitals with different surgical volumes
Early COVID-19 waves may have disproportionately affected low-volume hospitals. However, the decline in SMRs of CD ≥ 3 complications from 2018 to 2022 across all three groups suggests the robustness and resilience of surgical services for rectal cancer in Japan. The potential disparity in short-term outcomes among hospitals is a new concern.
Authors
- M. Mori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2921-1592)
- Masashi Takeuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3797-432X)
- Yusuke Takemura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3791-9902)
- Yoshihiro Kakeji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2727-0241)
- Yasuyuki Seto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6953-8752)
- Ryo Seishima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8892-4173)
- Hiroyuki Yamamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3337-7595)
- Hiromichi Maeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7694-8082)
- Hideki Ueno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8600-1199)
- Taizo Hibi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6867-228X)
- Hideki Endo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-0332)
- Akinobu Taketomi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-3678)
- Ken Shirabe
- Yuko Kitagawa
Institutions
- Tokai University (JP)
- Gunma University (JP)
- Keio University (JP)
- Kochi Medical School Hospital (JP)
- The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery (JP)
- Hokkaido University Hospital (JP)
- National Defense Medical College (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Kumamoto University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ags3.12900
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57