Şiyar Ersöz, Mehmet Abdussamet Bozkurt, Cemil Burak Kulle, Atilla Halil Elhan, Baris Gulcu, Ismail Alper Tarım, Osman Bozbiyik, Necdet Fatih Yasar, Wafi Attaallah, Hüseyin Yönder, Orcun Yalav, Ayhan Kuzu, Feza Yarbuğ Karakayalı
BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: A national, multicenter, and cohort study model was designed that included patients older than 18 years of age diag-nosed with acute appendicitis clinically and/or radiologically, with patients compared before (pre-pandemic period: January 1-April 30, 2019) and after (pandemic period: January 1-April 30, 2020) the pandemic...
December 2022: Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery: TJTES