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Table 4 Percent technical 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

-12.3 ± 10.8

-9.0 ± 9.1

Emergency surgery

-16.4 ± 11.1

-5.0 ± 9.2

General surgery

-24.2 ± 16.6

-29.8 ± 11.6*

Neurosurgery

 + 4.0 ± 6.2

-1.6 ± 4.5

Obstetrics & gynecology

-5.1 ± 11.6

 + 2.5 ± 10.1

Orthopedics

-10.4 ± 11.0

-13.4 ± 12.4

Otolaryngology

 + 21.4 ± 15.0

 + 9.4 ± 16.9

Plastic surgery

 + 48.5 ± 13.5*

 + 44.1 ± 10.0*

Thoracic surgery

 + 13.2 ± 9.2

 + 27.8 ± 10.3*

Urology

-5.2 ± 11.0

 + 11.3 ± 10.0

All surgical procedures

 + 9.5 ± 8.7

 + 5.4 ± 8.0

  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)