Marita Georgiou, Adam Ridzuan-Allen, Alaa Chamsin, Zain Siddiqui, Sotonye Tolofari, Chidozie Ejikeme, Richard Jones, Timothy P Napier-Hemy, Stefanos Rotas, Kaylie E Hughes, Altaf Q Khattak, John E McCabe, Ahmad M Omar, Rahul Mistry, Azizan Samsudin, Hosea By Gana, Michael S Floyd
OBJECTIVE: COVID-19 resulted in Regional tiered restrictions being introduced across the UK with subsequent implications for planned and emergency surgical care. Specific to Merseyside, Tier 4, Tier 2 and Tier 5 restrictions were introduced in late 2020 and early 2021. The purpose of this study was to examine the nature and workload of emergency urological procedures during three different national lockdown Tiers in the North West of England. METHOD: A 3-month prospective study examining all emergency urological activity was conducted from November 2020 when Tier 4 restrictions were introduced and included Tier 2 restrictions in December and then concluded at the end of January 2021 when Tier 5 restrictions were in place...
November 8, 2022: Urologia