Introduction Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID-19) infection was first reported in
Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The author wants to know how the Oncology
Surgery Division elective surgery patient services before and during early pandemi c
era of COVID-19 at Dr. M Djamil Padang Hospital. M ethod: This research is a
comparative study with a quantitative approach to elective surgery patients in the
Oncology Surgery Division before and during early pandemic era of COVID-19 at Dr.
M Djamil Padang Hospital. The sampling technique in this study was total sampling.
Data analysis will be carried out using statistical analysis in accordance with the
existing data scale and using SPSS software. Results: In this study, 137 samples
were obtained consisting of 80 samples before the COVID-19 pandemic and 57
samples during early pandemic era of COVID-19. Of the 57 patients who underwent
elective surgery from the Surgical Oncology Division during early pandemic era of
COVID-19, all patients were not suspicious / confirmed. The time for oncology
service assessment was 14.26 days before COVID-19 pandemic and 8.93 days during
early pandemic era of COVID-19. Conclusion: More patients who underwent elective
surgery in the surgical oncology division were female, both before and during early
pandemic era of COVID-19. The mean age of patients before COVID-19 pandemic
was 48.72 years and 49.53 years during early pandemic era of COVID-19. There is
a disparity between the length of time the assessment of elective surgery patients in
the surgical oncology division before and during early pandemic era of COVID-19
pandemic.