Ethan Moore, Max V Wohlauer, James Dorosh, Mahmood Kabeil, Rafael D Malgor, Leigh A O'Banion, Gabriel Lopez-Pena, Riley Gillette, Kathryn Colborn, Robert F Cuff, Leah Lucero, Amna Ali, Issam Koleilat, Paola Batarseh, Sonia Talathi, Aksim Rivera, Misty D Humphries, Kevin Ly, Nikolai Harroun, Brigitte K Smith, Anna M Darelli-Anderson, Asad Choudhry, Eric Hammond, Michael Costanza, Vipul Khetarpaul, Ashley Cosentino, Jacob Watson, Rana Afifi, Nicolas J Mouawad, Tze-Woei Tan, Mel Sharafuddin, Judith P Quevedo, Reggie Nkansah, Palcah Shibale, Sherene Shalhub, Judith C Lin
OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the medical landscape. Various strategies have been employed to preserve hospital beds, personal protective equipment, and other resources to accommodate the surges of COVID-19 positive patients, hospital overcapacities, and staffing shortages. This has had a dramatic effect on vascular surgical practice. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical delays and adverse outcomes for patients with chronic venous disease scheduled to undergo elective operations...
March 23, 2024: Vascular