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ArticleUlusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES2023

What has changed? The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management of acute biliary pancreatitis.

Zeliha Türkyılmaz, Tugrul Demirel, İbrahim Ethem Cakcak, Yusuf Emre Aytin

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Article in Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Mild acute biliary pancreatitis: still a surgical disease. A post-hoc analysis of the MANCTRA-1 international study.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zeliha TürkyılmazDepartment of General Surgery, Trakya University, Edirne-Türkiye.
Tugrul DemirelDepartment of General Surgery, Trakya University, Edirne-Türkiye.
İbrahim Ethem CakcakDepartment of General Surgery, Trakya University, Edirne-Türkiye.
Yusuf Emre AytinDepartment of General Surgery, Trakya University, Edirne-Türkiye.
Trakya University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic thoroughly changed the daily practices of medicine. We retrospectively evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our management strategies for patients with acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP).

methodsA total of 91 patients with ABP who were treated at Trakya University Faculty of Medicine between March 15, 2019 and March 15, 2021 were retrospectively recruited. Patients were classified as pre-COVID and COVID-era patients. The comorbidity markers, data from laboratory tests, inflammatory markers, and radiological examinations were evaluated. Length of stay, need for an intensive care unit, morbidity, mortality, recurrent ABP, and definitive treatment rates were evaluated, and the data of the two periods were compared.

resultsTwo groups of patients, 57 in the pre-COVID period and 34 in the COVID period, were included in the study. We found that ABP admissions decreased significantly during periods of increased national COVID-19 diagnoses. Type 2 diabetes mellitus was significantly higher in the COVID period patients (P=0.044), and COVID patients had significantly higher total (P=0.004), direct bili-rubin (P=0.007), and lipases (P<0.001). The cholecystectomy rate after an attack decreased from 26% in the pre-COVID period to 15.6% during COVID.

conclusionCOVID strikingly reduced the admissions of ABP patients in the early stages of the disease to hospitals, leading to inevitable admissions in advanced severity. Moreover, a significant increase was detected in the recurrence rates of ABP. This can be explained by the reduction in cholecystectomy performed.

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COVID-19Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2PancreatitisAcute DiseaseCholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic RetrogradeHumansPandemicsRetrospective Studies

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PMID37791437
PMCPMC10644090
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