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Nation-wide analysis of the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on daily urology practice in Turkey
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  • Ozan Bozkurt,
  • Volkan Sen,
  • Bora Irer,
  • Levent Sagnak,
  • Bulent Onal,
  • Yiloren Tanidir,
  • Emre Karabay,
  • Coskun Kaya,
  • Erman Ceyhan,
  • Aykut Baser,
  • Mesut Berkan Duran,
  • Evren Suer,
  • Ilker Celen,
  • İsmail Selvi,
  • Oktay Ucer,
  • Sedat Karakoc,
  • Ege Sarikaya,
  • Ender Ozden,
  • Dogan Deger,
  • Sedat Egriboyun,
  • Sakir Ongun,
  • Ozgur Gurboga,
  • Mehmet Kazim Asutay,
  • Ilke Onur Kazaz,
  • Ismail Onder Yilmaz,
  • Erdem Kısa,
  • Engin Denizhan Demirkiran,
  • Ozan Horsanali,
  • Ilker Akarken,
  • Onur Kizer,
  • Huseyin Eren,
  • Murat Uçar,
  • Oguz Ozden Cebeci,
  • Fuat Kizilay,
  • Kaan Comez,
  • Mehmet Mercimek,
  • Mehmet Serkan Ozkent,
  • Volkan Izol,
  • Ahmet Gudeloglu,
  • Bilgin Ozturk,
  • Kaan Akbaba,
  • Salih Polat,
  • Adnan Gucuk,
  • Avni Ziyan,
  • Berin Selcuk,
  • Firat Akdeniz,
  • Hasan Turgut,
  • Kubilay Sabuncu,
  • Onur Kaygisiz,
  • Veli Ersahin,
  • Halil Ibrahim Kahraman,
  • Muhammet Guzelsoy,
  • Omer Demir
Ozan Bozkurt
Dokuz Eylül University

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Volkan Sen
Manisa State Hospital
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Levent Sagnak
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Bulent Onal
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Yiloren Tanidir
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Emre Karabay
Istsanbul Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital
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Coskun Kaya
Eskisehir City Hospital, Department of Urology
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Erman Ceyhan
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Aykut Baser
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Mesut Berkan Duran
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Evren Suer
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
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Ilker Celen
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İsmail Selvi
Oncology Training and Research Hospital
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Oktay Ucer
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Sedat Karakoc
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Ege Sarikaya
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Ender Ozden
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Dogan Deger
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Sedat Egriboyun
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Sakir Ongun
Balikesir University
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Ozgur Gurboga
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Mehmet Kazim Asutay
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Ilke Onur Kazaz
Karadeniz Technical University
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Ismail Onder Yilmaz
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Erdem Kısa
Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital
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Engin Denizhan Demirkiran
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Ozan Horsanali
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Ilker Akarken
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Onur Kizer
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Huseyin Eren
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
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Murat Uçar
Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University
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Oguz Ozden Cebeci
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
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Fuat Kizilay
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Kaan Comez
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Mehmet Mercimek
Liv Hospital Samsun
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Mehmet Serkan Ozkent
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Volkan Izol
Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine
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Ahmet Gudeloglu
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Bilgin Ozturk
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Kaan Akbaba
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Salih Polat
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Adnan Gucuk
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Avni Ziyan
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Berin Selcuk
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Firat Akdeniz
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Hasan Turgut
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Kubilay Sabuncu
Dr Lutfi Kirdar Training
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Onur Kaygisiz
Bursa Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology
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Veli Ersahin
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Halil Ibrahim Kahraman
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Muhammet Guzelsoy
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Omer Demir
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Abstract

Objective: To present a nation-wide analysis of the workload of urology departments in Turkey week-by-week during Covid-19 pandemic. Methodology: The centers participating in the study were divided into three groups as tertiary referral centers, state hospitals and private practice hospitals. The number of outpatients, inpatients, daily interventions and urological surgeries were recorded prospectively between 9-March-2020 and 31-May-2020. All these variables were recorded for the same time interval of 2019 as well. The weekly change of the workload of urology during pandemic period was evaluated; also the workload of urology and the distributions of certain urological surgeries were compared between the pandemic period and the same time interval of the year 2019. Results: A total of 51 centers participated in the study. The number of outpatients, inpatients, urological surgeries and daily interventions were found to be dramatically decreased by the third week of pandemics in state hospitals and tertiary referral centers; however the daily urological practice were similar in private practice hospitals throughout the pandemic period. When the workload of urology in pandemic period and the same time interval of the year 2019 were compared; a huge decrease was observed in all variables during pandemic period. However, temporary measures like ureteral stenting, nephrostomy placement and percutaneous cystostomy have been found to increase during Covid-19 pandemic compared to normal life. Conclusions: Covid-19 pandemic significantly effected the routine daily urological practice likewise other subspecialties and priority was given to emergent and non-deferrable surgeries by urologists in concordance with published clinical guidelines.
08 Sep 2020Submitted to International Journal of Clinical Practice
09 Sep 2020Assigned to Editor
09 Sep 2020Submission Checks Completed
09 Sep 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
21 Sep 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
23 Sep 2020Editorial Decision: Accept
03 Nov 2020Published in International Journal of Clinical Practice. 10.1111/ijcp.13735