Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgical Services in Singapore
Before and After- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgical Services in Singapore: Retrospective Quantitative Study 2019-2022
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Brief Summary
This paper is intended to report our observational study in evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tan Tock Seng Hospital hepatopancreatobiliary unit's surgical workload from January to June across 2019 to 2022, corresponding to the pre-pandemic baseline to its peak and the gradual normalization of hospital services as Singapore entered the transition phase to COVID-19 resilience.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for all trials
Started Jan 2019
Typical duration for all trials
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 30, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 30, 2022
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 5, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 10, 2022
CompletedOctober 10, 2022
October 1, 2022
3.5 years
October 5, 2022
October 7, 2022
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Number of surgeries done under general anaesthesia by the hepatopancreatobiliary unit
Operations performed by the unit will be collected from the surgeons' electronic case logs. These operations will be sorted based on the Singapore Ministry of Health's table of surgical procedures, which assigns charge codes to different procedures. The retrospective data across the 4 years will be compared and analysed.
2019-2022
Study Arms (4)
2019
No intervention will be carried out. The sum total of surgeries carried out during 2019 will be audited to see how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the surgical volume.
2020
No intervention will be carried out. The sum total of surgeries carried out during 2020 will be audited to see how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the surgical volume.
2021
No intervention will be carried out. The sum total of surgeries carried out during 2021 will be audited to see how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the surgical volume.
2022
No intervention will be carried out. The sum total of surgeries carried out during 2022 will be audited to see how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the surgical volume.
Interventions
To retrospectively review the surgical volume across 2019-2022 to see the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eligibility Criteria
All patients who underwent gallbladder, hernia, liver or pancreas resection surgeries during the periods of January to June of 2019/2020/2021/2022.
You may qualify if:
- all patients who underwent gallbladder, hernia, liver or pancreas resection surgeries during the periods of January to June of 2019/2020/2021/2022.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore, 308433, Singapore
Related Publications (1)
Lim JSH, Lim ZY, Teo ZHT, Wang B, Tan YP, Junnarkar SP, Low JK, Huey CWT, Shelat V. Before and after COVID-19 pandemic: impact on hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgical services in a Singapore Tertiary Hospital. ANZ J Surg. 2023 Dec;93(12):2904-2909. doi: 10.1111/ans.18748. Epub 2023 Oct 27.
PMID: 37888881DERIVED
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Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Vishalkumar G Shelat, MMed, FRCS
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- COHORT
- Time Perspective
- RETROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 5, 2022
First Posted
October 10, 2022
Study Start
January 1, 2019
Primary Completion
June 30, 2022
Study Completion
June 30, 2022
Last Updated
October 10, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-10
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
There is no plan to make IPD available.