Patient, family and professional suggestions for pandemic-related surgical backlog recovery: a qualitative study

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia