Approach to Acute Appendicitis during Covid-19 Outbreak: One Year Experience of a Single Centre
Published: 2023-08-25
Page: 167-170
Issue: 2023 - Volume 6 [Issue 2]
Nurullah Damburacı
Department of General Surgery, Uşak University School of Medicine, Uşak, Turkey.
Barış Sevinç *
Department of General Surgery, Uşak University School of Medicine, Uşak, Turkey.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Objective: After announcement of Covid-19 pandemic, elective surgeries were postponed, and all hospitals were reserved primarily for Covid-19 patients. Aim of this study is to evaluate the change in treatment trends of acute appendicitis during Covid-19 pandemic.
Materials and Methods: For this retrospective study patients diagnosed as acute appendicitis during the pandemic period and one year before the pandemic were evaluated. Diagnostic methods and treatment modalities were compared.
Results: During pandemic period number of cases diagnosed as acute appendicitis did not change with similar rates of complicated cases. During pandemic period 16.1% of the patients had medical treatment. During the one-year period before Covid-19 pandemic rate of patients having medical treatment was found as 7.2%.
Conclusion: During the pandemic period use of medical treatment for acute appendicitis significantly increased.
Keywords: Acute appendicitis, surgery, medical treatment, Covid-19
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