Mortality after elective surgery by time since COVID-19 diagnosis
Mortality after elective surgery by time since COVID-19 diagnosis
No Covid-19 diagnosis
Timing of COVID-19 diagnosis prior to elective surgery
0 to 2 weeks
3 to 4 weeks
5 to 6 weeks
≥7 weeks
Adjusted 30-day mortality (95% CI)
0.6% (0.6-0.7%)
3.1% (1.6-4.5%)
2.3% (1.1-3.5%)
2.4% (0.9-3.9%)
0.6% (0.2-1.1%)
This table shows 30-day mortality after elective surgery without a COVID-19 diagnosis, and after surgery performed at various time periods after diagnosis. Data is from an international prospective cohort study of over 140,000 patients who underwent surgery during October of 2020, of whom approximately 3100 had a preoperative COVID-19 diagnosis. Conclusions from this study are limited by the lack of surgery-specific data, and lack of any data on anesthesia management. For further information refer to UpToDate content on perioperative risk assessment for patients with COVID-19.
Data from: COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia 2021; 76:748.
