Table 3.
The number of patients who received palliative surgery per month during the pandemic and the same period in 2019
| Month of year | January | February | March | April | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Total volume | 21 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 37 |
| Migrant patients | 18 (85.7) | 15 (93.8) | 10 (83.3) | 1 (14.2) | 16 (84.2) | 7 (33.3) | 22 (88.0) | 27 (73.0) |
| Elderly patients | 2 (9.5) | 3 (18.8) | 2 (16.7) | 4 (57.1) | 4 (21.1) | 4 (19.0) | 2 (8.0) | 6 (16.2) |
| Laparoscopic surgery | 2 (9.5) | 3 (18.8) | 2 (16.7) | 0 | 1 (5.3) | 4 (19.0) | 7 (28.0) | 6 (16.2) |
These values are presented as number of patients followed by percentage in parentheses