1. How the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Patients' Hospital Admission and Care in the Vascular Surgery Divisions of the Southern Regions of the Italian Peninsula
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Eugenio Martelli, Giovanni Sotgiu, Laura Saderi, Massimo Federici, Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Matilde Zamboni, Allegra R. Martelli, Giancarlo Accarino, Giuseppe Bianco, Francesco Bonanno, Umberto M. Bracale, Enrico Cappello, Giovanni Cioffi, Giovanni Colacchio, Adolfo Crinisio, Salvatore De Vivo, Carlo Patrizio Dionisi, Loris Flora, Giovanni Impedovo, Francesco Intrieri, Luca Iorio, Gabriele Maritati, Piero Modugno, Mario Monaco, Giuseppe Natalicchio, Vincenzo Palazzo, Fernando Petrosino, Francesco Pompeo, Raffaele Pulli, Davide Razzano, Maurizio R. Ruggieri, Carlo Ruotolo, Paolo Sangiuolo, Gennaro Vigliotti, Pietro Volpe, Antonella Biello, Pietro Boggia, Michelangelo Boschetti, Enrico M. Centritto, Flavia Condò, Lucia Cucciolillo, Amodio S. D’Amodio, Mario De Laurentis, Claudio Desantis, Daniela Di Lella, Giovanni Di Nardo, Angelo Disabato, Ilaria Ficarelli, Angelo Gasparre, Antonio N. Giordano, Alessandro Luongo, Mafalda Massara, Vincenzo Molinari, Andrea Padricelli, Marco Panagrosso, Anna Petrone, Serena Pisanello, Roberto Prunella, Michele Tedesco, Alberto M. Settembrini, Martelli, Eugenio, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Saderi, Laura, Federici, Massimo, Sangiorgi, Giuseppe, Zamboni, Matilde, Martelli, Allegra R., Accarino, Giancarlo, Bianco, Giuseppe, Bonanno, Francesco, Bracale, Umberto M., Cappello, Enrico, Cioffi, Giovanni, Colacchio, Giovanni, Crinisio, Adolfo, De Vivo, Salvatore, Dionisi, Carlo Patrizio, Flora, Lori, Impedovo, Giovanni, Intrieri, Francesco, Iorio, Luca, Maritati, Gabriele, Modugno, Piero, Monaco, Mario, Natalicchio, Giuseppe, Palazzo, Vincenzo, Petrosino, Fernando, Pompeo, Francesco, Pulli, Raffaele, Razzano, Davide, Ruggieri, Maurizio R., Ruotolo, Carlo, Sangiuolo, Paolo, Vigliotti, Gennaro, Volpe, Pietro, Biello, Antonella, Boggia, Pietro, Boschetti, Michelangelo, Centritto, Enrico M., Condò, Flavia, Cucciolillo, Lucia, D’Amodio, Amodio S., De Laurentis, Mario, Desantis, Claudio, Di Lella, Daniela, Di Nardo, Giovanni, Disabato, Angelo, Ficarelli, Ilaria, Gasparre, Angelo, Giordano, Antonio N., Luongo, Alessandro, Massara, Mafalda, Molinari, Vincenzo, Padricelli, Andrea, Panagrosso, Marco, Petrone, Anna, Pisanello, Serena, Prunella, Roberto, Tedesco, Michele, and Settembrini, Alberto M.
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carotid stenosi ,chronic limb-threatening ischemia ,abdominal aortic aneurysm ,amputation ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,COVID-19 ,carotid stenosis ,deep venous thrombosis ,Settore MED/09 - Abstract
Background: To investigate the effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns on the vasculopathic population. Methods: The Divisions of Vascular Surgery of the southern Italian peninsula joined this multicenter retrospective study. Each received a 13-point questionnaire investigating the hospitalization rate of vascular patients in the first 11 months of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the preceding 11 months. Results: 27 out of 29 Centers were enrolled. April-December 2020 (7092 patients) vs. 2019 (9161 patients): post-EVAR surveillance, hospitalization for Rutherford category 3 peripheral arterial disease, and asymptomatic carotid stenosis revascularization significantly decreased (1484 (16.2%) vs. 1014 (14.3%), p = 0.0009; 1401 (15.29%) vs. 959 (13.52%), p = 0.0006; and 1558 (17.01%) vs. 934 (13.17%), p < 0.0001, respectively), while admissions for revascularization or major amputations for chronic limb-threatening ischemia and urgent revascularization for symptomatic carotid stenosis significantly increased (1204 (16.98%) vs. 1245 (13.59%), p < 0.0001; 355 (5.01%) vs. 358 (3.91%), p = 0.0007; and 153 (2.16%) vs. 140 (1.53%), p = 0.0009, respectively). Conclusions: The suspension of elective procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant reduction in post-EVAR surveillance, and in the hospitalization of asymptomatic carotid stenosis revascularization and Rutherford 3 peripheral arterial disease. Consequentially, we observed a significant increase in admissions for urgent revascularization for symptomatic carotid stenosis, as well as for revascularization or major amputations for chronic limb-threatening ischemia.
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- 2022