Ferahman S, Dural A C, Aydin H, Sahbaz N A, Akarsu C, Peker K D, Donmez T, Karabulut M
Bratisl Lek Listy. 2020;121(7):475-480. doi: 10.4149/BLL_2020_086.
Covid-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly in Turkey. We aimed to examine the numbers and demographic data of patients who applied to the general surgery outpatient clinics and operated in this process. Our primary outcome is to reveal the response of general surgery patients to the Covid-19 pandemic.The first Covid-19 case in Turkey has appeared in March 11, 2020. Patients who were operated on due to a surgical emergency or trauma were evaluated separately. Patients in 3 periods were compared with each other. A total of 12728 patients were examined in general surgery outpatient clinics in 26 working days. It is seen that patients come to the outpatient clinic after the first time the Covid-19 patient is seen. All patients reduced hospitalization after the first death due to Covid-19. Women had reduced going to the hospital earlier than men. There was no change in the number of emergency surgeries. Rapid decrease was observed in the number of elective surgeries.It is not easy to control the entrance and exit of these busy hospitals. The remote diagnosis (mail, phone or video-call) and treatment methods that can be expected in the near future may be even closer with the Corona virus (Tab. 3, Fig. 4, Ref. 15). Keywords: general surgery, Covid-19, outpatient clinics, operation, reaction of patients.
新冠疫情在土耳其迅速蔓延。我们旨在研究申请普通外科门诊并在此过程中接受手术的患者数量及人口统计学数据。我们的主要结果是揭示普通外科患者对新冠疫情的反应。土耳其首例新冠病例于2020年3月11日出现。因外科急症或创伤接受手术的患者被单独评估。对三个时期的患者进行了相互比较。在26个工作日内，普通外科门诊共检查了12728名患者。可以看到，在首次发现新冠患者后，患者才前来门诊。在首例因新冠死亡病例出现后，所有患者的住院人数都减少了。女性比男性更早减少前往医院的次数。急诊手术数量没有变化。择期手术数量迅速下降。控制这些繁忙医院的进出并不容易。在不久的将来可能出现的远程诊断（邮件、电话或视频通话）和治疗方法，可能会因新冠病毒而变得更加紧密（表3、图4、参考文献15）。关键词：普通外科、新冠、门诊、手术、患者反应。
