Incidence of Perforated Appendicitis during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons to Be Considered in the Second Wave

J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Sep;25(9):2404-2406. doi: 10.1007/s11605-021-04915-4. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

Authors

Dörte Wichmann¹, Ulrich Schweizer², Daniel Wulff², Karolin Thiel², Christian Beltzer³, Alfred Königsrainer², Rami Archid²

Affiliations

¹ Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Tübingen University Hospital, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. doerte.wichmann@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
² Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Tübingen University Hospital, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
³ Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic-Surgery, German Armed Forced Hospital Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 40, 89081, Ulm, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Perforated acute appendicitis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Appendectomy
Appendicitis* / epidemiology
Appendicitis* / surgery
COVID-19*
Humans
Incidence
Pandemics
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2