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. 2020 Jul 17;57:95–102. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.07.021

Table 3.

Results of the survey on the change in the surgical activities for gallstone disease during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Country (number of Centers)a Since COVID-19, how did you change the management of patients with GD? Since COVID-19, what is the decrease in the rate of cholecystectomy for GD in your unit? Do you routinely screen patients for SARS-CoV-2 before cholecystectomy? Did you change the surgical technique of cholecystectomy from laparoscopic to open? Expected duration of the modified approach
AUSTRALIA (1) -Surgery only for complicated GD <25%
  • -

    No
  • -

    No

 >6 months
BELGIUM (3) -Surgery only for complicated GD 50–75% (2)
75–100% (1)
  • -

    Yes, all pts (1)

  • -

    Yes, only in suspected pts§ (1)

  • -

    No (1)
  • -

    No

 2–3 months (2)
1 months (1)
CHILE (1) -Surgery only for complicated GD 75–100%
  • -

    No
  • -

    No

 3–6 months
FRANCE (1) -Surgery only for complicated GD 75–100%
  • -

    No
  • -

    No

 2–3 months (1)
INDIA (3) -Surgery only for complicated GD (2)
-No surgery for GD (1)b 		<25% (1)
50–75% (1)
75–100% (1)
  • -

    No (2)

  • -

    Yes, only in suspected pts (1)
  • -

    No (2)

  • -

    Yes, open chole only in pts with known or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection (1)

 1 months (2)
2–3 months (1)
ITALY (8) -Surgery only for complicated GD (4)
-No surgery for GD (4)b 		25–50% (1)
50–75% (1)
75–100% (6)
  • -

    No (4)

  • -

    Yes, all pts (2)

  • -

    Yes, only in suspected pts (2)
  • -

    No (7)

  • -

    Yes, open chole only in pts with known or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection (1)

 2–3 months (2)
3–6 months (6)
NETHERLANDS (1) -Surgery only for complicated GD 75–100%
  • -

    Yes, all pts
  • -

    No

 Not predictable
PAKISTAN (2) -Surgery only for complicated GD 50–75% (1)
75–100% (1)
  • -

    No (1)

  • -

    Yes, only in suspected pts (1)
  • -

    Yes, open chole only in pts with known or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection (1)

  • -

    Yes, open chole in all patients (1)

 2–3 months
SAUDI ARABIA (2) -Surgery only for complicated GD <25% (1)
50–75% (1)
  • -

    No (1)

  • -

    Yes, only in suspected pts (1)
  • -

    No

 2–3 months
SINGAPORE (1) -Surgery only for complicated GD <25%
  • -

    Yes, only in suspected pts
  • -

    No

 3–6 months
SPAIN (2) -Surgery only for complicated GD (1)
-No surgery for GD (1)b 		<25% (1)
75–100% (1)
  • -

    No
  • -

    No (1)

  • -

    Yes, open chole only in pts with known or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection (1)

 2–3 months
SWITZERLAND (2) -Surgery only for complicated GD (1)
-No surgery for GD (1)b 		<25% (1)
50–75% (1)
  • -

    No
  • -

    No

 2–3 months
UK (6) -No surgery for GD (6)b 75–100%
  • -

    No (3)

  • -

    Yes, only in suspected pts (2)

  • -

    Yes, all pts (1)
  • -

    No (4)

  • -

    Yes, open chole only in pts with known or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection (1)

  • -

    Yes, open chole in all patients (1)

 2–3 months (2)
3–6 months (2)
>6 months (2)
USA (3) -Surgery only for complicated GD <25% (2)
75–100% (1)
  • -

    Yes, only in suspected pts (1)

  • -

    No (2)
  • -

    No

 1 month (1)
2–3 months (2)
OVERALL (36) -Surgery only for complicated GD (23)
-No surgery for GD (13)b 		0% (1)
<25% (8)
25–50% (1)
50–75% (7)
75–100% (19)
  • -

    No (21)

  • -

    Yes, only in suspected pts (10)

  • -

    Yes, all pts (5)
  • -

    No (29)

  • -

    Yes, open chole only in pts with known or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection (5)

  • -

    Yes, open chole in all patients (2)

 1 month (4)
2–3 months (18)
3–6 months (10)
>6 months (3)
Not predictable (1)

Abbreviations: chole, cholecystectomy; GD, gallstone disease; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

§“Suspected patients” include patients with respiratory symptoms or suspected of SARS-CoV-2 infection. () = In brackets the number of responders for each Country.

a

Number of Centers that participated in the survey for each Country.

b

No surgery for GD = either for complicated or not complicated GD.