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Table 3 Percent efficiency 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

 + 8.3 ± 17.0

 + 6.2 ± 15.7

Emergency surgery

 + 5.1 ± 12.7

-14.8 ± 12.5

General surgery

 + 16.9 ± 19.7

 + 18.9 ± 16.7

Neurosurgery

 + 13.7 ± 12.9

 + 3.6 ± 12.5

Obstetrics & gynecology

-5.6 ± 12.5

-8.2 ± 9.6

Orthopedics

 + 20.5 ± 15.3

 + 8.7 ± 15.9

Otolaryngology

 + 14.5 ± 19.6

 + 45.9 ± 22.4

Plastic surgery

-78.0 ± 26.4*

-53.0 ± 29.7

Thoracic surgery

 + 6.5 ± 14.6

-11.5 ± 12.3

Urology

-19.3 ± 14.0

-46.6 ± 11.7*

All surgical procedures

 + 18.1 ± 6.0*

 + 21.2 ± 6.8*

  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)
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