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15 Jan 2023 10:47:27 AMCOVID 19: Vaccinate Surgery Patients on Priority to Cut Risks of Surgery
Dear All,
Times of India on March 25th
brought out this write up on the need to Vaccinate all planning to undergo
Elective Surgical Procedures and more so among patients over 70 Years of age. I
am sure all who read times of India would have already read this and are aware
of this.
As we are
experiencing our second wave of Covid-19 and have now made vaccines available,
it will make sense for surgeons to insist on vaccination for elective surgery
patients. This will decrease morbidity and lead to safe surgery. This is important for low and middle-income
countries where mitigation measures such as nasal swab screening and COVID-free
surgical pathways are unlikely to be universally implemented.
An estimated 58,687 Covid-19
related deaths can be prevented globally if pre-operative vaccination is
administered on patients one week prior to their elective surgery. This will
reduce the 30-day morbidity and mortality, reveals an international study on
surgery conducted by the University of Birmingham and funded by the National
Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
World’s largest-ever COVID
surgical collaborative international team of researchers led by experts at
Birmingham published its findings on Wednesday in BJS – the British Journal of
Surgery and the European Journal of Surgery.
As per the study, between
0.6% and 1.6% patients develop COVID infection after elective surgery. This
particularly applies to those over 70 and those undergoing surgery for cancer.
Based on the high risks
surgical patients face, scientists have calculated that vaccination is more
likely to prevent Covid-19 related deaths than vaccines given to general
population. ‘This could be particularly
“Vaccination is also likely
to decrease post-operative pulmonary complications,’ it states. ‘Restarting
elective surgery is a global priority. Over 15,000 surgeons and anaesthetists
from 116 countries contributed to this study, making it the largest ever
scientific collaboration. Study was carried out with collaborative efforts of 56 hospitals of India
and 1,667 hospitals of 116 countries including Australia, Brazil, China, India,
UAE, the UK and USA. It is
crucial that policy makers use the data we have collected. COVID vaccination
should be prioritized for surgery patients ahead of general population,’ said
co-lead author Dr Dmitri Nepogodiev from University of Birmingham.
For those Interested in
Details of the study, the Article Published in British J Surgery is being attached.
Preop SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination
for Safe Surgery: Data from Int Prospective Cohort study (PDF provided)
With warm regards,
Venu
These Informations were
provided to me by Laxman Prabhu
Dr. Roy Chally
29 Mar 2021 11:28:24 AMTo vaccinate patients waiting for elective surgery is a policy decision for the government as vaccines are not available in the open market.