ArticleWorld journal of clinical cases2020
Managing acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jiaxing, China.
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- Spontaneous Resolution of Uncomplicated Appendicitis may Explain Increase in Proportion of Complicated Appendicitis During Covid-19 Pandemic: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.World journal of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Global burden of the COVID-19 associated patient-related delay in emergency healthcare: a panel of systematic review and meta-analyses.Globalization and health · 2022Pooled it
- Rate of Application and Outcome of Non-operative Management of Acute Appendicitis in the Setting of COVID-19: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2021Pooled it
- Biosafety status analysis and risk assessment of laboratories from 2021 to 2023 in Jiaxing, China.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Barriers to accessing appendectomy in the public sector health system in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2024Article
- Appendicitis tends to be complicated during the COVID-19 epidemic: A multicentre retrospective study.Surgery open science · 2024Article
- Unchanged Faces of Acute Appendicitis: Exploring Presentation and Treatment Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cureus · 2024Article
- Analyzing the dynamics of complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Seoul, Korea: a multifaceted time series approach.Epidemiology and health · 2024Article
- Factors Contributing to Delays to Accessing Appendectomy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review.World journal of surgery · 2023Article
- Has the frequency of complicated appendicitis changed in children in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic?Annals of pediatric surgery · 2023Article
- Decision-making changes for patients and medical personnel in the management of acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Changes in hospital admissions and complications of acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Health sciences review (Oxford, England) · 2022Review
- The treatment of acute appendicitis in two age-based groups during COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective experience in a COVID-19 referral hospital.International journal of colorectal disease · 2022Article
- Delayed diagnosis and subsequently increased severity of acute appendicitis (compatible with clinical-pathologic grounds) during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational case-control study.BMC gastroenterology · 2022Observational
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence, Severity, and Management of Acute Appendicitis: A Single Center Experience in Thailand.Emergency medicine international · 2022Article
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- Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Prolong the Time Till Diagnosis and Worsen Outcomes for Children with Acute Appendicitis?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Acute appendicitis in elderly during Covid-19 pandemic.International journal of colorectal disease · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundCoronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic and has had a profound impact on our routine surgical activities. Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal emergency worldwide. Therefore, it is highly essential to assess the influence the pandemic has on acute appendicitis.
aimTo assess the efficacy of the management of acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsWe retrospectively analyzed 90 patients who presented with acute appendicitis during the outbreak of COVID-19 in Jiaxing, China. Clinical data regarding appendectomies patients were also collected for the corresponding time frame from 2019. Preoperative management, intraoperative protective measures, and postoperative management were conducted.
resultsAfter screening, six patients were identified as unqualified due to fever and were then referred to the COVID-19 expert group. The results of the nucleic acid test were negative. Of the 76 patients enrolled in the simple group, nine patients received medication therapy, and all others underwent surgery. From this same group, 66 patients were diagnosed with suppurative appendicitis, and one patient was diagnosed with perforated appendicitis after surgery. There were 14 patients in the complex group, for which the postoperative diagnosis indicated perforated appendicitis. The proportion of men with perforated appendicitis was higher than that in 2019 (
conclusionThe management of acute appendicitis from Jiaxing effectively reduced the influence of the pandemic and minimized the risk of nosocomial infection.
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