ArticleAnnals of surgical treatment and research2021
Impact of COVID-19 on the care of acute appendicitis: a single-center experience in Korea.
Article in Annals of surgical treatment and research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05104346 (Presentation and Outcomes of Acute Appendicitis During COVID Pandemic), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Presentation and Outcomes of Acute Appendicitis During COVID Pandemic: Lessons Learned From the Middle East (Multicenter Study)
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Varying negative appendectomy rates after laparoscopic appendectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- The COVID-19 pandemic and clinical characteristics of colorectal cancer: a multicenter retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Safety and efficacy of total one-day perioperative completion for inguinal hernia repair during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 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
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Severity and Early Postoperative Outcomes of Acute Appendicitis.Cureus · 2023Article
- Epidemiology and Outcome of Acute Appendicitis during and before the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Single-Center Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Observational
- Prioritizing rapid COVID-19 testing in emergency general surgery patients decreases burden of inpatient hospital admission.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2023Article
- The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the outcomes of surgically treated colorectal diseases: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2022Article
- Clinical Experience of Emergency Appendectomy under the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Single Institution in South Korea.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 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 Impact of the Coronavirus Disease - 19 Pandemic on the Clinical Characteristics and Treatment of Adult Patients with Acute Appendicitis.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects healthcare systems worldwide; however, few studies have assessed the impact of COVID-19 on emergent surgical diseases. This study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the care given to patients with acute appendicitis in Korea.
methodsBetween November 2019 and November 2020, 495 patients underwent laparoscopic surgery for acute appendicitis. The patients were divided into prepandemic and pandemic groups. The baseline characteristics and perioperative outcomes were compared.
resultsThe time between admission and surgery was longer in the pandemic group than in the prepandemic group (17.6 hours
conclusionIn the COVID-19 era, the characteristics of patients with acute appendicitis and inflammation worsened. The time to surgery was delayed due to the requirement for preoperative COVID-19 testing and increased the severity of appendicitis did not affect the perioperative outcomes.
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