Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Stoma Surgery and Stoma Clinic Service: A Retrospective Study at a Single Japanese Referral Hospital

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Numbers of all operations and stoma-related surgical procedures according to the calendar year. (a) All operations classified by the type of surgery and disease. The black box indicates emergency operations for malignant diseases, the dark grey box indicates elective operations for malignant diseases, the light grey box indicates emergency operations for benign diseases, and the white box indicates elective operations for benign diseases. (b) Stoma creation. (c) Stoma closure.

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