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Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Major Surgery for Cancer with COVID-19 in the Postoperative Period

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The aim of our study was to report about the clinical outcomes of patients who underwent major surgery for cancer and developed COVID-19 in the postoperative period. A retrospective and observational study was done in the Surgical Oncology Division of a tertiary care cancer hospital in North-East India. The study period was from 1st April 2020 to 31st December 2021. Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of cancer who underwent a major surgery and developed COVID-19 in the postoperative period, within the same hospital stay were included in the study. Data was obtained from a prospectively maintained database and case records. Descriptive statistics were used to state the results in median values, range and percentages. A total of 22 patients developed COVID-19 in the postoperative period during the study period out of a total of 1402 patients operated during that time period (1.57%). The have been followed up for a median period of 16 months (range 2 to 18 months). The median age at presentation was 50 years (range 25 to 74 years). The incidence of co-morbidities was 27.3%. The median duration of ICU stay was 3 days (range 0 to 9 days) and median duration of hospital stay was 22 days (range 9 to 55 days).. The postoperative mortality rate was 18.2%. COVID-19 in the postoperative period in patients undergoing major abdominal and thoracic surgeries for cancer caused high postoperative mortality and prolonged hospital stay.

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute (a unit of Tata Memorial Centre), Room No. 30, AK Azad Road, Gopinath Nagar, Guwahati, Assam, 781016, India

    Gaurav Das & Karma Bhutia

  2. Department of Microbiology, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute (a unit of Tata Memorial Centre), AK Azad Road, Gopinath Nagar, Guwahati, Assam, 781016, India

    Amrita Talukdar

  3. Department of Surgical Oncology, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute (a unit of Tata Memorial Centre), Room No. 28, AK Azad Road, Gopinath Nagar, Guwahati, Assam, 781016, India

    Abhijit Talukdar

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Conceptualization: Gaurav Das, Amrita Talukdar.

Methodology: Gaurav Das, Karma Bhutia.

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Das, G., Talukdar, A., Bhutia, K. et al. Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Major Surgery for Cancer with COVID-19 in the Postoperative Period. Indian J Surg Oncol 14, 876–880 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-023-01797-7

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