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International Journal of Science Annals, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2021
рrint ISSN: 2617-2682; online ISSN: 2707-3637; DOI:10.26697/ijsa

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. Health Care Sciences

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Population-Based Study
of Oncology Surgery Department
Service During COVID-19 Pandemic
in Indonesia Single Center Hospital

Authors’ Contribution:
A – Study design; Ardianti M. 1 ABCDEF , Putra M. D. P. 1 ABCDEF , Yarso K. Y. 1 ACDE
B – Data collection;
C – Statistical analysis; 1 Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia
D – Data interpretation;
E – Manuscript preparation;
F – Literature search;
G – Funds collection Received: 23.11.2021; Accepted: 20.12.2021; Published: 25.12.2021

Abstract
Background and The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented threat to global
Aim of Study: healthcare delivery. Moewardi Hospital was appointed by the government of
Indonesia to be a COVID-19 one of regional hospital by June 2020. Other than
COVID-19 cases, the hospital also provides care for other diseases which also
provides care for oncology patients.
The aim of the study: to assess the impact of the social restriction on oncology
services in this hospital.
Material and Methods: This study compares the number of patients undergoing oncology surgery in the
Central Surgery Unit and the number of patients attending the Outpatient Surgical
Oncology Unit in March to July 2020 with the number of patients in the same
timeframe in the previous year (2019).
Results: The number of oncology operations in the Central Surgery Unit of Moewardi
Hospital declined substantially during the 5-month pandemic period compared to
the same period in the previous year, 2019 (p<0.001). There was also a
significant drop in the number of patients attending the outpatient surgical
oncology clinic during the pandemic period compared to the previous year
(p<0.001) The lowest number of oncology surgeries occurred in April 2020,
which was 20 patients. The lowest number of patients visited was 170 outpatients
in March 2020. Thyroid and skin cancer cases were the most notable decline in
surgical oncology cases in the Central Surgery Unit. The largest number of
outpatients in the outpatient surgical oncology clinic during the COVID-19
pandemic was mammae and thyroid cancer.
Conclusions: There was a decline in surgical oncology activities, which culminated in a
significant decrease in surgical oncology patients in the Central Surgery Unit and
the patient visit to the Moewardi Hospital outpatient oncology clinic during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords: oncology, surgery, oncology patients, COVID-19, Moewardi Hospital
Copyright: © 2021 Ardianti M., Putra M. D. P., Yarso, K. Y. Published by Archives of
International Journal of Science Annals

DOI and UDC DOI https://doi.org/10.26697/ijsa.2021.2.7 UDC 616-079(594)

Conflict of interests: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests

Peer review: Double-blind review

Source of support: This research did not receive any outside funding or support

Information about Ardianti Meirisa – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1329-141X; MD, Department of
the authors: Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia.
Putra Muhammad David Perdana – https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6012-1160;
MD, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sebelas Maret University,
Indonesia.
Yarso Kristanto Yuli (Corresponding Author) – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-
4514-4676; [email protected]; Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Oncology
Division, Faculty of Medicine, Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia.

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