ABSTRACT Introduction: The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has dramatic effects on individuals and health care systems. In our institute, a tertiary oncologic public hospital with high surgical volume, we prioritize maintaining cancer treatment as well as possible. The aim of this study is to evaluate if uro-oncological surgeries at pandemic are safe. Materials and Methods: We evaluated patients who underwent uro-oncological procedures. Epidemiological data, information on COVID-19 infection related to surgery and clinical characteristics of non-survival operative patients with COVID-19 infections were analyzed. Results: From 213 patients analyzed, Covid-19 symptoms were noticed in 8 patients at preoperative process or at hospital admission postponing operation; 161 patients were submitted to elective surgery and 44 to emergency surgery. From patients submitted to elective surgeries, we had 1 patient with laboratory confirmation of COVID-19 (0,6%), with mild symptoms and quick discharge. From the urgencies group, we had 6(13%) patients tested positive; 5 were taken to ICU with 4 deaths. Conclusion: Elective uro-oncological procedures at the COVID-19 epidemic period in a COVID-19-free Institute are safe, and patients who need urgent procedures, with a long period of hospitalization, need special care to avoid COVID-19 infection and its outcomes.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19 [Supplementary Concept], Urologic Neoplasms, Oncology Service, Hospital, 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus disease, pandemic, Hospitalization, Clinical characteristics, hospital, Infection, Symptom, surgical, discharge, ICU, Spread, outcomes, COVID-19 infection, Patient, Hospital admission, information, Care, cancer treatment, COVID-19 epidemic, deaths, Elective surgery, Safe, health care systems, Volume, Mild symptom, elective surgeries, individual, urgency, material, laboratory confirmation, Elective, Effect, operative, tested, analyzed, evaluate, evaluated, submitted, patients with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 Treatment, pandemic, surgical, oncology,