Management of an endoscopy center during the outbreak of COVID-19: Experience from West China Hospital

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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2020; 26(38): 5749-5758
Published online Oct 14, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i38.5749

Table 1 Endoscopy indigestive endoscopy center of West China Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

	March 1, 2019 –April 10, 2019	March 1, 2020-April 10, 2020
Routine gastroscopy	1414	616
Routine colonoscopy	903	438
Painless gastroscopy	4709	3325
Painless colonoscopy	3312	2462
Enteroscopy	24	30
Capsule gastroscopy	57	40
EUS	309	224
Diagnostic endoscopy	10728	7135
Removal of foreign body in UGI tract	109	70
Hemostasis of varicose veins	111	77
Hemostasis of non-varicose veins	25	19
Stent placement in UGI tract	1	4
Stent placement in LGI tract	2	6
Esophageal EMR	1	0
Gastric EMR	161	30
Colorectal EMR	569	177
Esophageal ESD	24	23
Gastric ESD	41	23
Colorectal ESD	14	9
POEM	5	0
ERCP	168	124
EUS-FNA	21	25
EUS + stent drainage	0	1
STER	8	7
ESTD	35	48
Therapeutic endoscopy	1295	643

UGI: Upper gastrointestinal; LGI: Lower gastrointestinal; EMR: Endoscopic mucosal resection; ESD: Endoscopic submucosal dissection; POEM: Peroral endoscopic myotomy; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS: Endoscopic ultrasonography; EUS-FNA: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy; STER: Submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection; ESTD: Endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection; COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.

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Citation: Gao Y, Ye LS, Du J, Zhang QY, Hu B. Management of an endoscopy center during the outbreak of COVID-19: Experience from West China Hospital. World J Gastroenterol 2020; 26(38): 5749-5758
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v26.i38.5749

Gao Y, Ye LS, Du J, Zhang QY, Hu B. Management of an endoscopy center during the outbreak of COVID-19: Experience from West China Hospital. World J Gastroenterol 2020; 26(38): 5749-5758 [PMID: 33132632 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i38.5749]

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