Acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic-changes in incidence and clinical presentation but not in patients' outcome.
Sebastian WolfMatthias SchrempfDmytro VlasenkoClaus SchoelerFrank ErckmannPatrick Von ParpartRieke PaschwitzMatthias AnthuberFlorian SommerPublished in: International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (2022)
During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a significant decrease of patients with AA in a high-volume center, which showed more advanced disease of AA. This significant decrease in the high-volume center correlates with an increase in patients with AA in peripheral hospitals and represents a change in patient flow during the onset of the pandemic.