Editor's Choice - Ten Year Time Trends of Amputation Surgery in Peripheral Arterial Disease in Germany: Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) has been associated with suboptimal treatment, high mortality, and high amputation rates. It is unclear how the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic affected this development in a long term context.

Methods: This is a registry based, retrospective, nationwide cohort study including patients hospitalised with PAD as a main or secondary diagnosis and amputation surgery between 2012 - 2021 in Germany.

Impact of Surgical Postponements due to Covid-19 on Weight and Metabolic Parameters in Bariatric Surgery in Germany: Monocentric Experiences and Considerations in a National Context.

Background: Due to Covid-19, elective medical procedures were partly postponed to reduce the burden on the medical system. The impact of these effects in bariatric surgery and their individual consequences remain unknown.

Materials/methods: In a retrospective monocentric analysis, all bariatric patients at our centre between 01/2020 and 12/2021 were investigated.