Ulus Travma Acil Cer
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Dec 2022
Multicenter StudyAcute appendicitis during coronavirus disease 2019 in Türkiye: Changes in clinical approach, treatment, and diagnosis modalities: A retrospective and cohort study.
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in major changes in health-care systems and emer-gency surgical interventions. Here, we examined patients with acute appendicitis who presented to emergency departments and com-pared diagnosis, treatment, and post-treatment processes before and during the pandemic period and investigated how the pandemic affected management of acute appendicitis. ⋯ Our study did not show the direct correlation between the application of COVID-19-related restrictions and the severity of acute appendicitis. Although non-operative management rates have been increased during the COVID-19 period, the incidences of both complicated and the uncomplicated appendicitis were similar during the COVID-19 crisis period. Given this infor-mation non-operative management can be employed for patients diagnosed with appendicitis.