Table 4.

Emergency surgery in COVID-19 + cases

		Number	Percent
Surgical interventions in COVID-19+	No	48	67.6
	Yes	23	32.4
Indications to surgery1	Very urgent diseases2	16	22.5
	Urgent diseases3	11	15.5
	Trauma	3	4.2
	Elective oncologic surgery	4	5.6
Surgical approach	Only laparoscopy	5	7.0
	Only open	8	11.3
	Open and laparoscopy	10	14.1
Comparison with the number of February–March 2019 emergency interventions	Increased	8	11.3
	Reduced	39	54.9
	Stable	24	33.8
Unusual delay in presentation for urgent pathology4	Yes	28	39.4
	No	43	60.6
Increase in post-operative complication rate	Yes	5	7.1
	No	66	92.9

¹In each center, more than 1 answer was reported

²For example, bowel perforations, diffuse peritonitis, and septic shock, hemorrhages with shock, bowel ischemia, and necrosis

³For example, acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis, acute cholecystitis, and obstruction

⁴For example, unusual high rate of acute gangrenous appendicitis, perforated cholecystitis, and stanched bowel perforation