Table 3:  Outcomes of postoperative patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
Procedure   N (%)  Period  Hospitalization (days)  Postoperative complicationsa  Deathsb
Prescreening period  Post-screening period
1–19 March  20 March– 5 April  Diagnostic PCR COVID-19  6–24 April  Screening PCR COVID-19  Diagnostic PCR COVID-19   Yes  Type  T  COVID+
Total %   34  22 (65%)  2 (6%)  (−)  (+)  10 (29%)  All negative   4.72  4   2  1
Elective surgery  Mediastinoscopy   4 (12)  2  0    2  2   1  0   0  0
Pleural biopsy   2 (6)  1  0    1  1  5.5  1  Bleeding  1  0
Lung biopsy   2 (6)  2  0    0  0   4  0   0  0
Wedge segmentectomy   8 (24)  7  0   1 (9 days)c  1  1   3.9  1  AKI  1  1
Anatomical sublobar resection   1 (3)  1  0    0  0  None  3  0   0  0
Anatomical lobectomy   11 (32)  6  0    5  5   5.3  1  AF  0  0
Extrapleural pneumonectomy   1 (3)  1  0    0  0   8  0   0  0
Urgent surgeryd  Bullectomy   3 (9)  1  2  1   0  0   8.3  0   0  0
Emergency surgerye  Thoracic trauma damage control   1 (3)  1  0   1 (7 days)c  0  0   (−)f  1  Pneumonia  0  0
Mediastinitis   1 (3)  0  0    1  1   (−)f  0   0  0
a  Early postoperative complications during hospitalization.
b  Mortality within 30 days after surgery was divided in T (total mortality) and COVID+ (mortality due to COVID-19).
c  Days after surgery PCR SARS-CoV-2 test results were positive.
d  Urgent surgery: not life-threatening.
e  Emergency surgery: life-threatening.
f  Still hospitalized at the writing of this article.
AF: atrial fibrillation; AKI: acute kidney injury; COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; PCR: polymerase chain reaction; SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.