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Table 3: Surgical practice. |
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No. |
Query |
Results |
% |
|
28 |
Is your hospital performing elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic? |
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Yes |
316 |
44.20 |
|
|
No |
399 |
55.80 |
|
|
29 |
If yes, how often do you perform elective surgery? |
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As usual |
27 |
5.57 |
|
|
Less than 30% reduction |
62 |
12.78 |
|
|
31-59% reduction |
45 |
9.28 |
|
|
60-80% reduction |
71 |
14.64 |
|
|
81-100% reduction |
51 |
10.52 |
|
|
Only emergency surgery is performed |
229 |
47.22 |
|
|
30 |
Before any surgical procedure is performed, is the PCR test for COVID-19 performed on patients? |
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Yes |
114 |
1.22 |
|
|
No |
589 |
83.78 |
|
|
31 |
During the pandemic, what is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in conventional surgery? |
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Cholecystectomy |
181 |
26.81 |
|
|
Appendectomy |
257 |
38.07 |
|
|
Hernioplasty |
12 |
1.78 |
|
|
Exploratory laparotomy |
110 |
16.30 |
|
|
Trauma surgery |
42 |
6.22 |
|
|
Other |
73 |
10.81 |
|
|
32 |
Does your hospital perform minimally invasive surgery? |
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Yes |
515 |
73.26 |
|
|
No |
188 |
26.74 |
|
|
33 |
What is the most common procedure? |
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Cholecystectomy |
481 |
81.25 |
|
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Appendectomy |
59 |
9.97 |
|
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Hernioplasty |
7 |
1.18 |
|
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Exploratory laparotomy |
22 |
3.72 |
|
|
Other |
23 |
3.89 |
|
|
34 |
Is any mechanism or device used to filter CO2? |
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Yes |
238 |
36.01 |
|
|
No |
423 |
63.99 |
|
|
35 |
In general, what equipment do you use for CO2 filtration? |
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Based on water seal |
120 |
29.34 |
|
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Using CO2 inlet filters |
79 |
19.32 |
|
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Using filters at the exit of the pneumoperitoneum |
115 |
28.12 |
|
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A system where the vacuum cleaner is used |
123 |
30.07 |
|
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Other |
32 |
7.82 |
|
|
36 |
Do you perform any additional security measures? |
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No |
474 |
73.15 |
|
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Yes |
174 |
26.85 |
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