The Decreasing Incidence of Acute Appendicitis During COVID-19: A Retrospective Multi-centre Study

Background As the novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) spreads, a decrease in the number of patients with acute appendicitis (AA) has been noted in our institutions. The aim of this study was to compare the incidence and severity of AA before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A retrospect...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World journal of surgery 2020-08, Vol.44 (8), p.2458-2463
Hauptverfasser:	Tankel, James, Keinan, Aner, Blich, Ori, Koussa, Michael, Helou, Brigitte, Shay, Shahaf, Zugayar, Diaa, Pikarsky, Alon, Mazeh, Haggi, Spira, Ram, Reissman, Petachia
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdominal Surgery Acute Disease Adolescent Adult Appendectomy Appendicitis Appendicitis - epidemiology Appendicitis - surgery Betacoronavirus Cardiac Surgery Child Coronavirus Infections Coronaviruses COVID-19 Drainage Female General Surgery Humans Incidence Israel Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Original Scientific Report Pandemics Patients Peritoneum Pneumonia, Viral Postoperative Period Retrospective Studies SARS-CoV-2 Signs and symptoms Surgery Thoracic Surgery Vascular Surgery Viral diseases Young Adult
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