2026-10-19T04:50:37Zhttps://ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/oai/requestoai:ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net:ebyu/181912026-10-18T21:13:24Zopenairedrivercom_ebyu_10000col_ebyu_10001The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Urological Emergencies, 8\rMonths Results of a Multicenter Retrospective Study From TurkeyONCEL, Halil FeratOLCUCU, Mahmut TahaTEKE, KEREMALKİS, OkanBASER, AykutCAGLAYAN, Mustafa SerdarAVCİ, Ibrahim ErkutYASAR, AdemKESKİN, ErcumentYUKSEKKAYA, MustafaCELEN, SinanOZLULERDEN, YusufUCAR, MuratGUZEL, AhmetASUTAY, Mehmet KazimBAHCECİ, TuncerGenel ve Dahili TıpÜroloji ve NefrolojiObjectives: We aimed to reveal the change of urological emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the same\rperiod of the previous year.\rMethods: The number of admissions to the emergency department (ED), admissions to the urology outpatient clinic, emergency\rurological consultations, and urological and emergency urological surgeries during the periods April-November-2019 and April-\rNovember-2020 were recorded. The data of the COVID-19 period were compared with the previous year.\rResults: While the number of admissions to the urological outpatient clinic was 160,447 during the COVID period, it was 351,809\rduring the non-COVID period. The number of admissions to the ED decreased from 3.2 million to 2.4. The number of admissions to\rthe urology outpatient clinic significantly decreased by 54% during the pandemic (p=0.001). Percutaneous cystostomy performed\rdue to acute urinary obstruction decreased by 27.96%, double J stent, nephrostomy decreased by 16.61%, and ureterorenoscopy\rdecreased by 12.26%. Urogenital trauma also decreased. On the contrary, surgical procedures performed due to penile fracture,\rgross hematuria, Fournier gangrene, and testicular torsion increased.\rConclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant decrease was observed in non-COVID patients’ admissions to the emer-\rgency and urology department, and in urologic surgeries.\r2022Articlehttps://rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/r/ebyu/18191https://doi.org/10.14744/semb.2021.598521302-7123enŞişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteniinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/tr/items/ebyu/18191