TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparison of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urological surgeries in Japan and Taiwan
AU - Maeda, Koki
AU - Shigemura, Katsumi
AU - Fang, Shiuh-Bin
AU - Yang, Young-min
AU - Chiang, Yi-Te
AU - Sung, Shian-Ying
AU - Chen, Kuan-Chou
AU - Nakano, Yuzo
AU - Miyara, Takayuki
AU - Fujisawa, Masato
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Objective We report the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urological surgeries and hospital policies at two hospitals in Japan and Taiwan. Methods We retrospectively surveyed the number of surgeries every 3 months in the Urology Department of Kobe University Hospital (KUH), Kobe, Japan before (January 2019–March 2020) and after (April 2020–September 2021) the COVID-19 outbreak, and in the Urology Department of Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University (SHH-TMU), Taiwan before (January 2021–March 2021) and after (April 2021–September 2021) the outbreak, and compared the averages and types of surgery. Results In Kobe, COVID-19 patients were stratified such that other regional hospitals gave priority to treating COVID-19 while KUH gave priority to treating non-COVID-19 patients. In KUH, the number of surgeries did not change significantly, 237.2 ± 29.6 versus 246.3 ± 20.8 (p = 0.453). In Taiwan COVID-19 patients increased sharply in May 2021, and teaching hospitals in Taiwan were obliged to provide 2019 patients. At SHH-TMU, there was a 33.3June 2021 compared to the pre-pandemic average. However, no significant changes were observed, 423.4 ± 68.4 versus 373 ± 91.0 (p = 0.298), because of the subsequent success in controlling the COVID-19 infection. Conclusions The comparison of infection control measures between the two countries revealed that while both KUH and SHH-TMU successfully maintained the number of surgeries, the reasons for this were different for each.
AB - Objective We report the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urological surgeries and hospital policies at two hospitals in Japan and Taiwan. Methods We retrospectively surveyed the number of surgeries every 3 months in the Urology Department of Kobe University Hospital (KUH), Kobe, Japan before (January 2019–March 2020) and after (April 2020–September 2021) the COVID-19 outbreak, and in the Urology Department of Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University (SHH-TMU), Taiwan before (January 2021–March 2021) and after (April 2021–September 2021) the outbreak, and compared the averages and types of surgery. Results In Kobe, COVID-19 patients were stratified such that other regional hospitals gave priority to treating COVID-19 while KUH gave priority to treating non-COVID-19 patients. In KUH, the number of surgeries did not change significantly, 237.2 ± 29.6 versus 246.3 ± 20.8 (p = 0.453). In Taiwan COVID-19 patients increased sharply in May 2021, and teaching hospitals in Taiwan were obliged to provide 2019 patients. At SHH-TMU, there was a 33.3June 2021 compared to the pre-pandemic average. However, no significant changes were observed, 423.4 ± 68.4 versus 373 ± 91.0 (p = 0.298), because of the subsequent success in controlling the COVID-19 infection. Conclusions The comparison of infection control measures between the two countries revealed that while both KUH and SHH-TMU successfully maintained the number of surgeries, the reasons for this were different for each.
KW - comparison of two countries
KW - COVID-19 pandemic
KW - urological surgery
U2 - 10.1111/iju.15056
DO - 10.1111/iju.15056
M3 - 文章
SN - 0919-8172
VL - 30
SP - 43
EP - 49
JO - International Journal of Urology
JF - International Journal of Urology
IS - 1
ER -