Suspected and Confirmed Acute Appendicitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: First and Second Quarantines—a Prospective Study

Suspected and Confirmed Acute Appendicitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: First and Second Quarantines—a Prospective Study

PurposeCOVID-19 posed an unprecedented modern global healthcare crisis affecting both elective and urgent surgeries. The aim of this study is to evaluate the difference in the presentation of acute appendicitis (AA) before and during the COVID-19 era, the first and second quarantines.MethodsWe perfo...

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Main Authors: Vidas Petrauskas, Eligijus Poskus, Raminta Luksaite – Lukste, Marius Kryzauskas, Marius Petrulionis, Kestutis Strupas, Tomas Poskus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
acute appendicitis
complicated
COVID-19
delayed presentation
quarantine
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.896206/full

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