Table 2 Surgical specialties and number of surgical interventions performed during period 1 (pre-pandemic period, March–June 2019), period 2 (first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, March–June 2020), and period 3 (1 year into the pandemic, March–June 2021)
Surgical specialty | Period 1 n | Period 2 n | Period 3 n | Difference in percent between periods 1 and 2 | Difference in percent between periods 1 and 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D | 2776 | 1233 | 1947 | – 55.6 | – 29.9 |
E | 3515 | 1932 | 3063 | – 45.0 | – 12.9 |
B | 1450 | 888 | 1324 | – 38.8 | – 8.7 |
N | 43,227 | 27,682 | 36,096 | – 36.0 | – 16.5 |
L | 11,540 | 7575 | 9685 | – 34.4 | – 16.1 |
A | 8389 | 5666 | 7227 | – 32.5 | – 13.9 |
J | 28,919 | 20,681 | 26,977 | – 28.5 | – 6.7 |
C | 9655 | 7056 | 11,804 | – 26.9 | + 22.3 |
K | 11,382 | 8614 | 11,125 | – 24.3 | – 2.3 |
H | 4504 | 3485 | 4458 | – 22.6 | – 1.0 |
F | 5453 | 4482 | 4956 | – 17.8 | – 9.1 |
Pa | 6587 | 5505 | 2558 | – 16.4 | NA |
Q | 7259 | 6089 | 7041 | – 16.1 | – 3.0 |
M | 8914 | 9042 | 9506 | + 1.4 | + 6.6 |
G | 1257 | 1518 | 1503 | + 20.1 | + 19.6 |
Va | 0 | 0 | 4014 | NA | NA |