COVID-19 Pandemia Processing and Single Surgery Experience in Surgical Applications in the Chest Surgery Clinic of Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Research Hospital with Pandemia Hospital

Aim: During the Coronavirus disease -2019 (COVID-19) pandemic period, elective surgical procedures could not be performed in many centers. In order to prevent possible patient grievances in the Marmara region, elective surgical procedures were continued with the correct planning in our hospital. This study was planned to document the retrospective analysis of surgical procedures performed by a single surgeon in the thoracic surgery clinic. Materials and Methods: A total of 72 patients who underwent surgical intervention by a single surgeon in Tekirdag Namik Kemal University Thoracic Surgery Clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic period (15.03.2020-15.07.2020) were retrospectively evaluated. The procedures performed before the surgical procedure, the surgical procedures performed and the follow-up after the procedure were examined. Results: The patients who applied to our clinic were performed a polymerase chain reaction test for COVID-19 infection after clinical, radiological and laboratory evaluations before the procedure. No evidence in favor of COVID-19 infection was detected in any patient. Thereupon, 25 (34%) patients underwent surgery under general anesthesia, and 47 (66%) patients underwent local anesthesia. A risk situation and disease related to COVID-19 infection did not develop in the clinical follow-ups of the patients both during and after the surgical procedure. Conclusion: It has been concluded that safe surgery can be performed by minimizing the risks with the right methods by evaluating the appropriate protective measures of the team that will perform the surgical procedure during the pandemic period and the patients in terms of COVID-19 infection before and after the procedure.