The impact of COVID-19 on elective and urgent digestive endoscopic procedures: a report on a year of pandemic in a gastroenterology centre in Italy.

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 colonoscopy endoscopic ultrasound endoscopic-retrograde-cholangio-pancreatography esophagogastroduodenoscopy fine-needle aspiration

Journal

Przeglad gastroenterologiczny
ISSN: 1895-5770
Titre abrégé: Prz Gastroenterol
Pays: Poland
ID NLM: 101280380

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 10 06 2021
accepted: 03 11 2021
entrez: 14 12 2022
pubmed: 15 12 2022
medline: 15 12 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-19) affected digestive endoscopic activity worldwide. Resumption and maintenance of elective endoscopic activity are crucial to containing the impact of COVID-19 on mortality and prognosis of gastrointestinal disorders, primarily cancers. To assess the impact of COVID-19 during and after the lockdown period on endoscopic activity. The endoscopic activity undertaken during the COVID-19-related lockdown (March 2020-May 2020) and in the post-lockdown period (June 2020-March 2021) was compared with that in the corresponding periods of the year before COVID-19 in a gastroenterology centre in Italy. During the lockdown period, there was a reduction in esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), colonoscopy (CSPY), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and endoscopic-retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) of 75.8%, 74.8%, 60%, and 42%, respectively, compared with the corresponding period of the year before COVID-19. During the post-lockdown period to date, EGD, CSPY, EUS, and ERCP increased as compared to the lockdown period (30.6%, 50.6%, 33.6%, and 65.4%, respectively), but only ERCP showed a full recovery when compared with the corresponding period of the year before COVID-19. Endoscopic activity decreased significantly during the COVID-19 lockdown, and only ERCP had a full recovery in the post-lockdown period. The pandemic-related limitations and the backlog of endoscopic procedures represent important reasons for the increased risk or delayed diagnosis of GI cancers.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36514451
doi: 10.5114/pg.2021.111392
pii: 45773
pmc: PMC9743327
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

301-309

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 Termedia.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Giovanna Del Vecchio Blanco (GDV)

Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

Edoardo Troncone (E)

Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

Enrico Grasso (E)

Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

Elena De Cristofaro (E)

Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

Giorgia Sena (G)

Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

Pasquale De Vico (P)

Anaesthesiology Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

Mario Dauri (M)

Anaesthesiology Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

Giovanni Monteleone (G)

Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

Omero Alessandro Paoluzi (OA)

Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

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