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Table 2 Percent productivity changes

From: Surgical productivity did not suffer despite the states of emergency against the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a retrospective observational study

Specialty

States of Emergency

No States of Emergency

Cardiovascular surgery

-4.0 ± 13.0

-2.8 ± 13.3

Emergency surgery

-11.4 ± 7.1

-19.8 ± 11.4

General surgery

-7.3 ± 7.2

-10.9 ± 16.5

Neurosurgery

 + 17.7 ± 11.8

 + 2.5 ± 13.9

Obstetrics & gynecology

-15.3 ± 4.9*

-5.9 ± 5.1

Orthopedics

 + 8.5 ± 16.2

-4.4 ± 7.7

Otolaryngology

 + 35.9 ± 18.3

 + 55.2 ± 15.9*

Plastic surgery

-29.6 ± 33.5

-8.8 ± 33.4

Thoracic surgery

 + 19.7 ± 12.3

 + 16.3 ± 8.8

Urology

-21.4 ± 8.8*

-35.3 ± 6.6*

All surgical procedures

 + 17.2 ± 7.0*

 + 19.3 ± 5.7*

  1. The values are expressed as mean ± SE
  2. There was no statistically significant difference between “States of Emergency” and “No States of Emergency.”
  3. *Indicates that the value is significantly different from 0 (p < 0.05)