Researchers studied 30-day postoperative mortality rates in 3,127 patients with COVID-19 and 137,104 patients without it.
Adjusted 30-day mortality in patients without COVID-19 was 1.5 percent, while patients with COVID-19 had increased postoperative mortality rates during the following recovery periods: zero to two weeks; three to four weeks; and five to six weeks.
COVID-19 patients who waited at least seven weeks for surgery had a similar mortality rate as the baseline group. However, COVID-19 patients who were still experiencing symptoms continued to have higher mortality rates after seven weeks than baseline patients or COVID-19 patients whose symptoms subsided.
Researchers recommended patients with COVID-19 delay surgical procedures at least seven weeks, and that patients with ongoing symptoms continue to delay until symptoms subside.
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