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AUTHOR
W. Oosterlinck
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study
Abstract Background Preoperative SARS-CoV-2 vaccination could support safer elective surgery. Vaccine numbers are limited so this study aimed to inform their prioritization by modelling. Methods The primary outcome was the number needed to vaccinate (NNV) to prevent one COVID-19-related death in 1 year. NNVs were based on postoperative SARS-CoV-2 rates and mortality in an international cohort study (surgical patients), and community SARS-CoV-2 incidence and case fatality data (general population). NNV estimates were stratified by age (18–49, 50–69, 70 or more years) and type of surgery. Best- and worst-case scenarios were used to describe uncertainty. Results NNVs were more favourable in su…
Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study
The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndromecoronavirus-2, the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December 2019 represented a global emergency accounting for more than 2.5 million deaths worldwide.1 It has had an unprecedented influence on cardiac surgery internationally, resulting in cautious delivery of surgery and restructuring of services.2 Understanding the influence of COVID-19 on patients after cardiac surgery is based on assumptions from other surgical specialties and single-center studies. The COVIDSurg Collaborative conducted a multicenter cohort study, including 1128 patients, across 235 hospitals, from 24 countries demonstrating perioperative COVID-19 infection…
Postersitzung 10: Operative Techniken
Abdominale Wunddehiszenzen treten postoperativ mit einer absoluten Haufigkeit von 1–3% auf und sind mit einer Mortalitat von bis zu 35% belastet. Die postoperative Festigkeit der Abdominalaponeurose beruht bis zum 7. postoperativen Tag allein auf dem chirurgischen Faden. Die Reisfestigkeit des Wundverschlusses steigt dann durch die Wundheilungsvorgange bis zum 21. Tag schnell an. Nach einem Vierteljahr ist eine endgultige Festigkeit erreicht [2, 4]. Die vordere Bauchwand weist durch den Faserverlauf der drei seitlichen Bauchmuskeln und der sie fortsetzenden Aponeurosen eine vorwiegend quere Struktur auf (Abb. 1, 2, 3). Die Zugfestigkeit der Abdominalaponeurosen ist in querer Richtung 3mal g…
Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score
The British journal of surgery 108(11), 1274-1292 (2021). doi:10.1093/bjs/znab183