Acute appendicitis in the COVID-19 era: A complicated situation?

• Acute appendicitis is the most common intra-abdominal surgical emergency in the world. • Null hypothesis of no difference in the number of cases of complicated appendicitis. • What impact did the government's ‘Stay at Home’ message have? • Increasing body of evidence to support non-operative...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bowen, Joel M., Sheen, Jonathon R.C., Whitmore, Helen, Wright, Chloe, Bowling, Kirk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Cross-sectional Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8252704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34230852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102536
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Sumario:• Acute appendicitis is the most common intra-abdominal surgical emergency in the world. • Null hypothesis of no difference in the number of cases of complicated appendicitis. • What impact did the government's ‘Stay at Home’ message have? • Increasing body of evidence to support non-operative treatment in certain cases. • A significantly higher rate of complicated cases found in the COVID era.

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