An effect of the COVID-19 pandemic: Significantly more complicated appendicitis due to delayed presentation of patients!

An effect of the COVID-19 pandemic: Significantly more complicated appendicitis due to delayed presentation of patients!

<h4>Aims of the study</h4>The novel coronavirus pandemic has affected emergency department consultations for surgical pathologies. The aim of our study was to compare the number of acute appendicitis cases and the proportion of complicated appendicitis before and during the COVID-19 pand...

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Main Authors:	Marie Burgard, Floryn Cherbanyk, Konstantinos Nassiopoulos, Sonaz Malekzadeh, François Pugin, Bernhard Egger
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249171

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