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. 2020 Aug 24;39(5):540–548. doi: 10.1159/000511076

Table 5.

The influence of COVID-19 pandemic on endoscopic procedures and endoscopy-quality markers in two high capacity central-European endoscopy centers

Gastroscopy 2019 2020 p value Baseline differences between the centers
Sex (female) 327/709 (46.1%) 164/370 (42.2%) 0.527 NS
Outpatients' procedures 230/709 (32.4%) 98/370 (26.5%) 0.051 see Table 4*
Interventional procedures 119/709 (16.8%) 93/370 (25.6%) 0.001 NS
Inlet patch (diagnostic procedures) 18/590 (3.1%) 12/277 (4.3%) 0.336 NS

Colonoscopy
Sex (female) 196/426 (46%) 68/162 (42%) 0.38 NS
Outpatients' procedures 143/426 (33.6%) 110/162 (67.9%) <0.001 see Table 4*
CIR (when desired) 359/376 (95.5%) 135/138 (97.8%) 0.223 NS

ERCP
Sex (female) 85/180 (47.2%) 44/124 (35.5%) 0.039 NS
Urgent procedures 52/180 (28.9%) 24/124 (19.7%) 0.073 NS
Successful implementation of prothesis/dilatation 108/121 (89.3%) 66/67 (97.6%) 0.04 NS
Selective cannulation of CBD 90/111 (81.1%) 59/79 (74.7%) 0.369 NS
Successful evacuation of the stones 43/48 (89.6%) 25/32 (78.1%) 0.210 NS