Abstract:

COVID-19 was first seen in China at the end of December 2019. COVID-19 is a new type of coronavirus that may be mild or severe in the lungs and is defined as SARS-CoV-2 which leads to acute respiratory infection. The disease literature was first as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in February 2020. The disease spread rapidly and was declared an epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. So far, approximately 7734185 cases and up to 412369 deaths have been (09 / June / 2020). As COVID-19 spreads throughout the world and our country, hospitals fighting this disease have become dangerous areas for the transmission of the disease. The risk of viral contamination by the way of direct contact with the drops and surfaces of health workers is high. Personal protective equipment (KKEE) such as masks, clothes, gloves, faces and/or glasses is mandatory. The goal is to spread the flow of cases that require to go to the hospital over time, so that possible accumulation in hospitals is avoided. All non-urgent procedures such as elective surgeries and diagnostic interventions have been significantly affected. The hospitalization procedures were mostly assigned to patients with COVID-19 infection and the surgical operations were delayed. In this pandemic process, only emergency surgical events and uninterrupted oncological surgeries were performed. The immunity of oncological patients has been suppressed due to both the disease itself and the side effects of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy taken. This condition makes patients more sensitive to infections and the forecast of infections in these patients is worse and devastating. The chances of getting COVID-19 in cancer patients are almost twice higher than in the general population. The selection of the surgical procedures and perioperative management of patients with malignity in the COVID-19 pandemic has become even more important. In our study, we analyzed the treatment processes of our patients with malignity during this pandemic and oncological surgery. (SETB-2020-06-089)

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