Table 4.
Vascular surgical activity in the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy, from 8 March to 8 April during the pandemic COVID-19 infection in 2020 compared with years 2018 and 2019
| Intervention | Patients in one month observation period – year |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (n = 152) | 2019 (n = 150) | 2018 (n = 117) | |
| Elective∗ | 118 | 117 | 88 |
| Carotid disease | 43 (36) | 17 (15) | 20 (23) |
| Peripheral artery disease | 51 (43) | 61 (52) | 35 (40) |
| Aortic aneurysm | 8 (7) | 16 (14) | 18 (20) |
| Peripheral aneurysm | 3 (3) | 5 (4) | 1 (1) |
| Arteriovenous fistula | 13 (11) | 17 (15) | 14 (16) |
| Acute/emergency† | 34 | 33 | 29 |
| Carotid disease | 3 (9) | 1 (3) | 2 (7) |
| Peripheral artery disease | 10 (29) | 12 (37) | 7 (24) |
| Aortic aneurysm | 8 (24) | 6 (18) | 8 (28) |
| Bleeding/haematoma | 9 (26) | 5 (15) | 4 (14) |
| Acute ischaemia | 2 (6) | 9 (27) | 5 (17) |
| Trauma | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 3 (10) |
Data are provided as n (%).
∗
Percentages calculated among elective patients.
†
Percentages calculated among acute/emergency patients.