Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence and severity of acute appendicitis: a comparison between 2019 and 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease in the number of patients presenting with acute appendicitis was observed. It is unclear whether this caused a shift towards more complicated cases of acute appendiciti...

Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - May 12, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jochem C. G. Scheijmans, Alexander B. J. Borgstein, Carl A. J. Puylaert, Wouter J. Bom, Said Bachiri, Eduard A. van Bodegraven, Amarins T. A. Brandsma, Floor M. ter Brugge, Steve M. M. de Castro, Roy Couvreur, Lotte C. Franken, Marcia P. Gaspersz, Michell Tags: Research Source Type: research