Acute appendicitis in the COVID-19 era: A complicated situation?

Acute appendicitis in the COVID-19 era: A complicated situation?

•Acute appendicitis is the most common intra-abdominal surgical emergency in the world.•Null hypothesis of no difference in the number of cases of complicated appendicitis.•What impact did the government's ‘Stay at Home’ message have?•Increasing body of evidence to support non-operative treatme...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of medicine and surgery 2021-07, Vol.67, p.102536-102536, Article 102536
Hauptverfasser: Bowen, Joel M., Sheen, Jonathon R.C., Whitmore, Helen, Wright, Chloe, Bowling, Kirk
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Sprache:eng
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Cross-sectional Study
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Zusammenfassung:•Acute appendicitis is the most common intra-abdominal surgical emergency in the world.•Null hypothesis of no difference in the number of cases of complicated appendicitis.•What impact did the government's ‘Stay at Home’ message have?•Increasing body of evidence to support non-operative treatment in certain cases.•A significantly higher rate of complicated cases found in the COVID era.
ISSN:2049-0801
2049-0801
DOI:10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102536