Comparison of acute appendicitis before and within lockdown period in COVID-19 era: A retrospective study from rural Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The world has been engulfed with the pandemic of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which have created significant impact in the emergency surgical health delivery including acute appendicitis. The main aim of this study was to compare the demographic and clinical parameters between two cohorts before the onset of lockdown and within the pandemic.

Methods

A retrospective analysis was performed between two groups A and B, who presented with acute appendicitis three months prior to and after initiation of lockdown on March 24 2020 respectively in one of the tertiary centers of Nepal. These two cohorts were compared in demographics, clinicopathological characteristics and surgical aspects of acute appendicitis.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Baral S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7787439 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature