The Impact of COVID-19 Infection During the Postoperative Period After Surgery for Ovarian Cancer
During the worst period of the pandemic the demand for hospital care caused other medical procedures to be delayed. Also, ovarian cancer patients who contracted Covid-19 infection could not be admitted to acute care hospitals due to concern about cross infection.
This small study looks at the immediate post-operative status of 12 women with ovarian cancer who had the misfortune to have been infected with Covid-19 and had their surgery delayed. The outcomes for this group were compared with a similar number of women who had ovarian cancer but not Covid-19.
There were no pre-operative differences seen between the two groups. Women who had Covid-19 on average waited 6 weeks longer after becoming virus free to have the surgery performed. No significant difference in post-operative complication was seen between the two groups. The hospital stay lengths were slightly greater for the Covid affected group and intra operative blood transfusion was more likely to be required.
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