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Surgical challenges and research priorities in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: EAES membership survey
Background: Healthcare systems and general surgeons are being challenged by the current pandemic. The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) aimed to evaluate surgeons’ experiences and perspectives, to identify gaps in knowledge, to record shortcomings in resources and to register research priorities. Methods: An ad hoc web-based survey of EAES members and affiliates was developed by the EAES Research Committee. The questionnaire consisted of 69 items divided into the following sections: (Ι) demographics, (II) institutional burdens and management strategies, and (III) analysis of resource, knowledge, and evidence gaps. Descriptive statistics were summarized as frequencies, medians, ranges, and interquartile ranges, as appropriate. Results: The survey took place between March 25th and April 16th with a total of 550 surgeons from 79 countries. Eighty-one percent had to postpone elective cases or suspend their practice and 35% assumed roles not related to their primary expertise. One-fourth of respondents reported having encountered abdominal pathologies in COVID-19-positive patients, most frequently acute appendicitis (47% of respondents). The effect of protective measures in surgical or endoscopic procedures on infected patients, the effect of endoscopic surgery on infected patients, and the infectivity of positive patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery were prioritized as knowledge gaps and research priorities. Conclusions: Perspectives and priorities of EAES members in the era of the pandemic are hereto summarized. Research evidence is urgently needed to effectively respond to challenges arisen from the pandemic
Surgical challenges and research priorities in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: EAES membership survey
Background Healthcare systems and general surgeons are being challenged
by the current pandemic. The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
(EAES) aimed to evaluate surgeons’ experiences and perspectives, to
identify gaps in knowledge, to record shortcomings in resources and to
register research priorities. Methods An ad hoc web-based survey of EAES
members and affiliates was developed by the EAES Research Committee. The
questionnaire consisted of 69 items divided into the following sections:
(Iota) demographics, (II) institutional burdens and management
strategies, and (III) analysis of resource, knowledge, and evidence
gaps. Descriptive statistics were summarized as frequencies, medians,
ranges,, and interquartile ranges, as appropriate. Results The survey
took place between March 25th and April 16th with a total of 550
surgeons from 79 countries. Eighty-one percent had to postpone elective
cases or suspend their practice and 35% assumed roles not related to
their primary expertise. One-fourth of respondents reported having
encountered abdominal pathologies in COVID-19-positive patients, most
frequently acute appendicitis (47% of respondents). The effect of
protective measures in surgical or endoscopic procedures on infected
patients, the effect of endoscopic surgery on infected patients, and the
infectivity of positive patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery were
prioritized as knowledge gaps and research priorities. Conclusions
Perspectives and priorities of EAES members in the era of the pandemic
are hereto summarized. Research evidence is urgently needed to
effectively respond to challenges arisen from the pandemic