Acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic—changes in incidence and clinical presentation but not in patients’ outcome

Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an ongoing severe issue. Objective The aim of this study was to compare the incidence, severity and treatment of acute appendicitis (AA) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A retrospective cohort analysis was conduc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal for quality in health care 2022-03, Vol.34 (1)
Hauptverfasser:	Wolf, Sebastian, Schrempf, Matthias, Vlasenko, Dmytro, Schoeler, Claus, Erckmann, Frank, Von Parpart, Patrick, Paschwitz, Rieke, Anthuber, Matthias, Sommer, Florian
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Appendectomy Appendicitis - epidemiology Appendicitis - surgery COVID-19 - epidemiology Humans Incidence Original Pandemics Retrospective Studies SARS-CoV-2
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