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Table 2 (2020 and 2019: categories of IR procedures)

From: Trends of interventional radiology procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic: the first 27 weeks in the eye of the storm

 

Year

Total

Chi-square test

Symmetric measures

2020 (COVID-19 pandemic)

2019 (pre-pandemic)

Pearson Chi-Square

df

Cramer's V

Type of procedure

Vascular intervention (dialysis access angioplasties, lower limb angioplasties, aortic repair etc.)

Count

665

745

1410

7.648 (p = 0.054)

3

0.032 (p = 0.054)

% within type of procedure

47.2%

52.8%

100.0%

% within year

18.2%

19.3%

18.8%

% of total

8.9%

9.9%

18.8%

Interventional oncology (intra-arterial therapy, tumor ablation, biopsy etc.)

Count

441

502

943

% within type of procedure

46.8%

53.2%

100.0%

% within year

12.1%

13.0%

12.6%

% of total

5.9%

6.7%

12.6%

Musculoskeletal intervention (spine augmentation, joint injections etc.)

Count

15

28

43

% within type of procedure

34.9%

65.1%

100.0%

% within year

0.4%

0.7%

0.6%

% of total

0.2%

0.4%

0.6%

General intervention radiology (central lines, Para/thoracentesis, percutaneous nephrostomy, GI/GU stenting etc.)

Count

2534

2576

5110

% within type of Procedure

49.6%

50.4%

100.0%

% within year

69.3%

66.9%

68.1%

% of total

33.8%

34.3%

68.1%

Total

Count

3655

3851

7506

% within type of procedure

48.7%

51.3%

100.0%

% within year

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

% of total

48.7%

51.3%

100.0%

  1. Weekly records of all IR procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic (period specified) and pre-pandemic (2019), classified based on the type of IR procedure. Evaluation of differences in median weekly caseload across all the four main categories of IR procedures between the two time periods. No statistically significant differences are noted in the weekly median number of IR procedures performed across all categories between the two time periods