Impact of COVID-19 on the care of acute appendicitis: a single-center experience in Korea

CONCLUSION: In 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.PMID:34692596 | PMC:PMC8506019 | DOI:10.4174/astr.2021.101.4.240

Source: Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research - October 25, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Chang Woo Kim Suk-Hwan Lee Source Type: research