Namik Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology.
Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit Universitesi Tip Fakultesi.
Afr Health Sci. 2022 Sep;22(3):241-249. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i3.26.
To evaluate the newly diagnosed bladder cancer(BC) patients during the pandemic period and compare them with the corresponding last4 years.
To document the time schedules of BC patient evaluation and define the possible delays and investigate the reasons.
Newly diagnosed BC patients who underwent transurethral resection of bladder tumour in the last5 years were retrospectively included to study. The patients were divided into 5 groups. Group-1 was composed of patients diagnosed betweenMarch, 1,2016 -March-1,2017. The patients who were diagnosed in the further corresponding years formed group 2,3 and 4. The last group(Group-5) was composed of patients who were diagnosed during the pandemic period which was between March,1,2020 and March,1,2021. The clinicodemographic properties and diagnostic time schedules of the patients were compared between the groups.
There were56 patients in Group-1,60 patients in Group-2,61 patients in Group-3,68 patients in Group-4, and 58 patients inGroup-5. The mean hospital admission period was102.5±179.0days during the pandemic period which ranged between24.5± 32.0 and38.3±69.1days before thepandemic.(p=0.002)The diagnosis-anesthesia period was significantly higher during the pandemic pandemic period.(p=0.034).
The pandemic period has caused some delays in the diagnosis and treatment of BC patients. Telemonitoring systems may be useful to prevent the possible diagnostic and treatment delays for newly diagnosed BC patients.
评估大流行期间新诊断的膀胱癌（BC）患者，并将其与过去 4 年的相应患者进行比较。
记录 BC 患者评估的时间安排，确定可能的延迟并调查原因。
回顾性纳入过去 5 年内接受经尿道膀胱肿瘤切除术的新诊断 BC 患者进行研究。患者被分为 5 组。第 1 组由 2016 年 3 月 1 日至 2017 年 3 月 1 日诊断的患者组成。进一步对应的年份诊断的患者形成第 2、3 和 4 组。最后一组（第 5 组）由大流行期间诊断的患者组成，时间为 2020 年 3 月 1 日至 2021 年 3 月 1 日。比较各组患者的临床病理特征和诊断时间安排。
第 1 组有 56 例患者，第 2 组有 60 例患者，第 3 组有 61 例患者，第 4 组有 68 例患者，第 5 组有 58 例患者。大流行期间的平均住院时间为 102.5±179.0 天，大流行前为 24.5±32.0 天至 38.3±69.1 天（p=0.002）。诊断-麻醉期在大流行期间明显更高（p=0.034）。
大流行期间导致 BC 患者的诊断和治疗出现一些延迟。远程监测系统可能有助于防止新诊断的 BC 患者可能出现的诊断和治疗延迟。
