Cukurova Medical Journal

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Purpose: The am of this study was to compare the surgeries performed in the Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery Department of Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine in the first year of Covid-19 with the same period before Covid-19 and to provide appropriate inferences.
Materials and Methods: The patients were divided into 2 groups: pre-pandemic (March 2019 - February 2020) and pandemic period (March 2020 - February 2021) for a 1-year period. Patient and surgery files were scanned. The groups were compared in terms of the number and types of surgeries performed under general anesthesia during these periods, the etiological and demographic characteristics of the patients, and the length of stay.
Results: One thousand two hundred eleven surgeries were performed in the pre-pandemic period, and 442 operations were performed during the pandemic period. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of gender and age. The mean length of stay increased significantly during the pandemic period. There was a decrease in maxillofacial trauma and cleft lip and palate surgeries during the pandemic period.
Conclusion: The Covid-19 pandemic is causing scheduled surgeries to not be performed, resulting in loss of income in hospitals and increased patient morbidity.