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Increasing incidence of complicated appendicitis during COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) strain has resulted in restrictions potentially impacting patients presenting with acute appendicitis and their disease burden. METHODS: All acute appendicitis admissions (281 patients) between 1/1/2018-4/30/2020 were reviewed. Two groups were created: 6...

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Autores principales: Orthopoulos, Georgios, Santone, Elizabeth, Izzo, Francesca, Tirabassi, Michael, Pérez-Caraballo, Aixa M., Corriveau, Nicole, Jabbour, Nicolas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7521886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33012500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.09.026