ArticleWorld journal of surgery2021
Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Cause a Delay in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis?
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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
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- The rate of complicated appendicitis during a nonpharmaceutical intervention in two territories with different COVID-19 incidence.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Acute Appendicitis in Children During War Conflict: Results from a Multicenter Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Tryptase in Acute Appendicitis: Unveiling Allergic Connections through Compelling Evidence.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Factors Contributing to Delays to Accessing Appendectomy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review.World journal of surgery · 2023Article
- Eosinophil Granule Proteins Involvement in Acute Appendicitis-An Allergic Disease?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Patients with appendicitis during COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the outcomes of laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2023Article
- Has the frequency of complicated appendicitis changed in children in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic?Annals of pediatric surgery · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency general surgery outcomes: A single-center retrospective cohort study.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 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 effects of COVID-19 pandemic on patients with acute appendicitis.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2022Article
- Evaluation of the appendectomy cases performed under emergency conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic and discussed with the pathology reports.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2022Article
- Presentation and outcomes of acute appendicitis during COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned from the Middle East-a multicentre prospective cohort study.International journal of colorectal disease · 2022Article
- The radiologic roadmap for treatment of an acute appendicitis patient who tested positive for coronavirus disease 19.BJR case reports · 2022Article
- 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
- A concise pathophysiological model of acute appendicitis against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
- 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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Abstract
backgroundAppendectomy for acute appendicitis remains one of the most common surgical procedures. This study aims to assess the clinical presentation and delays in diagnosing acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsWe evaluated data of all adult patients who underwent an appendectomy at our hospital between June 1, 2019 and June 1, 2020. Demographic data, admission type to the emergency room, radiological findings, pathological findings, and hospitalization time were noted. Patients were divided into four groups of 3-month periods, pre (Groups 5, 4, 3, 2) and during the pandemic (Group 1). Hospitalization time and perforation status of each group were compared. The hospital admission type and their effect on perforation were also evaluated.
resultsTwo hundred and fourteen patients were included; 135 patients were male, and 57 were female. The median age was 39 years. In Group 1 (pandemic period), 28.8% of patients were referred to us from pandemic hospitals. The median hospitalization time was 7.3 h before pandemics (Group 2-5), 5 h in the pandemic period (Group 1). Perforation rates were 27.8% in Group 1, 23.3% in Group 2, 16.3% in Group 3, 14.0% in Group 4, and 18.6% in Group 5 (0 = 0.58). There was no difference in the patients in Group 1 in the rate of perforated appendicitis in patients who were referred from other pandemic hospitals (29.4) and those admitted via our own emergency room (16.6%) (p = 0.27) during the pandemic period.
conclusionWe did not observe any clear increase in the diagnosis of perforated appendicitis during the pandemic period, even in patients who were transferred from other hospitals.
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