RESULTS
Six hundred and twenty-nine patients were included. Forty percent were female. There were 255 patients in center 1, 191 in center 2, and 183 from center 3.
In 2019, the daily average number of active operating rooms was 3.5 in center 1, 2.4 in center 2, and 2.0 in center 3. In 2020, this was respectively 0.74, 0.83 and 0.22. The global total number of surgeons was unchanged in 2020, except in center 2 (one fewer surgeon compared to 2019).
Five hundred and forty patients were operated on in 2019 versus 89 in 2020; this represents a global 84% decrease in terms of surgical volume, with respectively 88% in center 1, 61% in center 2, and 95% in the pediatric center. In respect to the type of surgery, otologic, endonasal, cervical, facial, and transoral surgeries activities decreased 97%, 91%, 54%, 82%, and 85% respectively.
The characteristics of patients by type of surgery, etiology, sex, and center between 2019 and 2020 are presented in table 1.
The global number of cancer related procedures decreased (71 versus 44). This was mainly at the expense of skin cancers (24 versus 9), but the number of cervicotomies for cancer remained stable (18 versus 22).
The number of emergencies decreased by half (14 to 7) (figure 1).
The number of scheduled tracheostomies increased from 8 to 22.