The Perioperative Patient Experience During COVID-19.

Background: Access to elective surgical procedures has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: We sought to understand the patient experience by developing and distributing an anonymous online survey to those who underwent non-emergency surgery at a large academic tertiary medical center between March and October 2020.

Results: The survey was completed by 184 patients; the majority were white (84%), female (74.