Changes of Colorectal Cancer Diagnostics and Hospitalizations during First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Lithuania
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Purpose: Our aim was to see the possible effect of first COVID pandemic wave in Lithuania on colorectal cancer (CRC) preventive, diagnostic and treatment procedures.Methods: A retrospective analysis performed using database National Cancer Institute, Lithuania. We have divided patients into two groups: group 1 – treated during nonpandemic period (2019 January 2019 July 31) 2 (2020 2020 31). analyzed numbers screening, therapeutic colonoscopies performed, for CRC periods.Results: In general, 1318 lower gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures were 862 second group, which 34.6% less compared group. The included 672 (51%) colonoscopies, 172 (13%) day surgeries 474 (36%) screening programmes. 2, 456 (34.6%) underwent diagnostics treatment: 141 (21%) 93 (54%) surgeries, 222 (47%) programmes, 26 hospitalized surgical (196 vs 170).Conclusion: study reveals worrying changes timely access COVID-19 that possibly provoked rise cases with advanced stage CRC. However, despite numerical difference between groups existed, do not reach statistical significant level.
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta medica Lituanica
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1392-0138', '2029-4174']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15388/amed.2023.30.1.4