Abstract Aim “COVID pandemic created unprecedented challenges for actual health care systems with hundreds of surgeries suspended with impact in Abdominal Wall Surgery (AWS) and other benign diseases. With this in mind, we implemented new and dedicated clinical pathways to allow more patients to be operated in outpatient regime, so we could have more availability of beds, staff and resources for COVID assistance.” Material and Methods “A retrospective observational study was conducted using data since January 2018 to May 2021. Our Hospital and Surgical Department suffered great organizational changes, namely creation of: dedicated medical and staff teams for COVID + (C+) and COVID- (C-) patients; dedicated pathways in our operating rooms for C+ cases; and, ultimately, designed and implemented protocols and agreements to maintain our Department fully operational, with a secure shift from elective to outpatient surgeries.” Results “During the study, a global number of 2541 AWS were performed. In the
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