Long-term results on the severity of acute appendicitis during COVID-19 pandemic

Background: Acute appendicitis cases increased in severity following COVID-19–related restrictions in March, 2020. We investigated if similar changes occurred during Wave 2. Methods: Acute appendicitis patients during Wave 1 were grouped 8 weeks before (Group A) and after (Group B) stay-at-home rest...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Santone, MD, Francesca Izzo, MD, Karina Lo, MD, Aixa M. Pérez Coulter, MS MPH, Nicolas Jabbour, MD, Georgios Orthopoulos, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845022000124