Increased Incidence of Perforated Appendicitis in Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Bavarian Multi-Center Study

Increased Incidence of Perforated Appendicitis in Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Bavarian Multi-Center Study

Introduction: Since early 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic and statutory preventive reorganization of treatment capacities with cancellation of elective surgery as well as curfew regulations led to vastly decreased utilization of primary health care.Materials and Methods: To assess whether there are negat...

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Main Authors: Frank-Mattias Schäfer, Johannes Meyer, Stephan Kellnar, Jakob Warmbrunn, Tobias Schuster, Stefanie Simon, Thomas Meyer, Julia Platzer, Jochen Hubertus, Sigurd T. Seitz, Christian Knorr, Maximilian Stehr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
appendicitis
perforation
perforated appendicitis
COVID-19
pandemic
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.683607/full

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