Table 3.
Breakdown of operative case loads.
| Pre-COVID-19 |
COVID-19 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | Mean | Percentage of total operative cases (%) | 2020 | Percentage of total operative cases (%) | |
| Cancer surgery by sub-speciality area | ||||||
| Skin Cancer | 126 | 171 | 148.5 | 64.3 | 148 | 65.8 |
| General (Other – including diagnostic excisions) | 39 | 33 | 36 | 15.6 | 32 | 14.3 |
| Sarcoma | 10 | 13 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 14 | 6.2 |
| Head & Neck | 10 | 14 | 12 | 5.2 | 10 | 4.5 |
| Nasal Reconstruction | 6 | 14 | 10 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Occuloplastics | 8 | 5 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 14 | 6.2 |
| Breast | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Ear Reconstruction | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Upper Limb | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Peripheral Nerve | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Laser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Total cancer surgery operative cases | 208 | 254 | 231 | 100 | 225 | 100 |