Pediatric urology surgical practice in the time of COVID-19: Results from tertiary Saudi Arabia hospitals

Conclusions: In KSA, the number of elective pediatric surgical procedures were reduced by >90%, while the number of emergency pediatric surgical procdures were similar during COVID-19 pandemic compared with non-COVID-19 time. Ureteric reimplantation, hypospadias repair, cryptorchidism, and circumcision procedures were postponed. Pyeloplasty and urolithiasis-related procedures were performed to prevent irreversible disease progression or organ damage. There was an increase in rate of teleclinic and day surgery to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection.

Source: Urology Annals - October 12, 2021 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ali Abdel Raheem Omaya Banihani Abdelazim Abasher Abdulhakim Alotay Fahad A Alyami Tamer A Alsaad Naif Alqarni Ossamah Alsowayan Yasser A Jamalalali Mohammad Alhuwaiti Maha Al-Madi Subbhy Abo Rubeea Hossam Aljallad Ahmed Elhelaly Abdullah Alroumaih Faisal Source Type: research