The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on hernia surgery in the University Hospital in the Czech Republic
Abstrakt
Hernia is one of the most common elective surgiacel procedures [1]. In March 2020, the global pandemic COVI-19 spread to Europe.
This had a significant effect on health care systems all over the world including the Czech Republic. In most countries elective operations were temporarily canceled or restricted to a minimum [2].
With the speed of onsetof the pandemic, the guidance produced by contries and learned societies was an ever-changing affair. The European hernia Society (EHS) published guidance on hernia surgery in May 2020, which provided some clarity as to the management of such patients with an abdominal wall hernia [4].
The aim of this study was to review the hernia sugresy workload in a large university teaching hospital department, in Prague, Czech Republic, from the onset of restrictions regarding people movement and hospital clinical activity in 2020 compared to a similar time period from the preceding year.