@article{Reyhan Toptas_Unlubilgin_Kinay_Dogan_Akgul_Aslanova_Ercan_Korkmaz_Erturk Aksakal_Ustun_2022, place={Ankara, TR}, title={Perioperative SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery in Gynecology Clinic: Tertiary Center Experience}, volume={28}, url={https://gorm.com.tr/index.php/GORM/article/view/1206}, DOI={10.21613/GORM.2021.1206}, abstractNote={<p><strong>OBJECTIVE:</strong> The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of perioperative “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)” infection among women, operated during Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) era.</p> <p><strong>STUDY DESIGN:</strong> All patients who were operated on between March 11, 2020, and December 31, 2020, in our gynecology clinic were included in this cross-sectional study. The clinical and demographic characteristics of the patients, preoperative and postoperative SARS-CoV-2 positivity, the progress of the infection, and the survival rates in positive cases were analyzed. COVID-19 cases were diagnosed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction testing for SARS-CoV-2. </p> <p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> Operations of 133 (33%) of 406 patients were canceled for various reasons. 275 patients were operated on. Preoperatively three patients were diagnosed with COVID-19. One of these patients died and two were operated on after treatment and self-isolation. Only one (0.4%) patient was diagnosed with COVID-19 30 days postoperatively and completely recovered. We calculated the perioperative SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate as 1.4% (276 surgeries were planned and 4 patients were diagnosed with COVID-19). During the study, 107 physicians worked in our clinic alternately. Two (1.8%) of these physicians were diagnosed with COVID-19 and completely recovered without the need for intensive care. In addition, nine patients who were previously diagnosed with COVID-19 were operated on. Postoperative respiratory and other system complications did not occur in nine patients, previously diagnosed with COVID-19.</p> <p><strong>CONCLUSION</strong>: The results of our study show that gynecological surgical procedures do not increase the transmission and mortality rates of SARS-CoV-2 among patients and healthcare professionals as long as infection control measures are followed.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine}, author={Reyhan Toptas, Gulnihal and Unlubilgin, Eylem and Kinay, Tugba and Dogan, Ali Riza and Akgul, Mehmet Akif and Aslanova, Sitare and Ercan, Emel Ebru and Korkmaz, Vakkas and Erturk Aksakal, Sezin and Ustun, Yaprak}, year={2022}, month={Aug.}, pages={164–171} }