Assesment of Complications and Surgery Timing in Postcovid Thoracotomy Patients: Single Center Experience

Assesment of Complications and Surgery Timing in Postcovid Thoracotomy Patients: Single Center Experience

Covid-19 infection has caused delay in many surgeries. Besides Covid -19 infection may be a potential problem in especially major surgeries such as thoracotomies. Surgery timing, complications, intensive care unit stay and vaccination status are important issues that should be learned from post-covid cases.The aim of the study is to learn lessons from post-covid thoracotomy cases.

Patients who had covid-19 infection before thoracotomy were assessed by their datas, Postoperative complications, intensive care unit stay, vaccine status, time period between covid infection and surgery were collected from patients' files and statistical analysis performed.

Inclusion Criteria:

• undergoing thoracotomy
• had covid infection before surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• age under 18
• missing data