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. 2020 Sep;107(10):e405-e406.
doi: 10.1002/bjs.11847. Epub 2020 Aug 7.

The effect of nationwide lockdown and societal restrictions due to COVID-19 on emergency and urgent surgeries

Ville Ponkilainen  1 , Ilari Kuitunen  2   3 , Teemu P Hevonkorpi  4   5 , Juha Paloneva  3   4 , Aleksi Reito  1 , Antti P Launonen  1 , Ville M Mattila  1   5
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The effect of nationwide lockdown and societal restrictions due to COVID-19 on emergency and urgent surgeries

Ville Ponkilainen et al. Br J Surg. 2020 Sep.
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A-C. A: The incidence of all emergency and urgency surgeries six weeks before and after the declaration of the state of emergency. B: Emergency and urgency surgeries divided in risk group (patients aged ≥70 years). C: General activity, illustrated by volume of traffic on the main roads of the catchment areas. Black line presents weekly mean in 2020 and grey line represents the average weekly mean of years 2016-2019 during the corresponding time period
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