The impact of the first and the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on vascular surgery practice in the leading regional center: a comparative, retrospective study

Table 3 Diagnostic and treatment procedures

Procedure	FWP	p (vs. PBP)	SWP	p (vs. PBP)	PBP
Major amputation	17	ns	12	ns	11
Minor amputation	3	ns	4	ns	5
Revascularization for LEAD	59	ns	53	ns	61
Carotid artery revascularization	10	0.000319	17	ns	37
EVAR	38	0.01465	22	ns	23
OAR	12	ns	10	ns	15
Revascularization for ALI	27	ns	22	ns	26
Angiography	7	ns	6	ns	8
Other aneurysm procedures	4	ns	8	ns	8
Other artery revascularization (i.e., visceral, renal, etc.)	0	–	3	ns	4
Venous revascularization	2	ns	0	ns	4
Aorta revascularization	6	ns	8	ns	10
Others	14	ns	9	ns	12
Total	199	–	174	–	224

FWP, first pandemic wave; SWP, second pandemic wave; PBP, period before pandemic; LEAD, lower extremity arterial disease; EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; OAR, open aortic aneurysm repair; ALI, acute limb ischemia; ns, non significance

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