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Delayed Presentation and Referral Time from General Practitioners Contribute to Increased Complicated Appendicitis during the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Period in Japan

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to investigate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the situation of acute appendicitis (AA) with respect to patients' and general practitioners' behaviors in a general community hospital in Japan. METHODS: The surgical outcomes and...

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Autores principales: Takagi, Tadataka, Kinoshita, Shoichi, Kawaguchi, Chihiro, Ohyama, Takao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Society of Coloproctology 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9876603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36743468
http://dx.doi.org/10.23922/jarc.2022-029