MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN CROATIA: A SINGLE-CENTER STUDY

The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of patients presenting to the emergency room with acute appendicitis and subsequent results of surgical treatment. Our single center retrospective study was conducted in Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Cent...

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Published in:Acta clinica Croatica (Tisak) 2023-12, Vol.62 (4), p.724-727
Main Authors: Glavčić, Goran, Misir, Zvonimir, Janković, Suzana, Bilić, Zdenko, Radulović, Petra, Blažević, Nina, Glavčić, Marin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adult
Appendectomy - methods
Appendicitis
Appendicitis - epidemiology
Appendicitis - surgery
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Croatia - epidemiology
Emergency surgery
Female
Humans
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemic
Pandemics
Professional Papers
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
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Summary:The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of patients presenting to the emergency room with acute appendicitis and subsequent results of surgical treatment. Our single center retrospective study was conducted in Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia. We analyzed data on the patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis, their duration of symptoms, length of hospital stay, histopathologic diagnosis, and operative techniques, recorded from September 1, 2019 to October 17, 2020. The results showed a statistically significant increase in the ratio of open laparotomies (p=0.006) and ratio of perforated appendicitis (p=0.047) during the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the pre-pandemic period. The time between symptom onset and hospitalization, measured in days, did not demonstrate a statistically significant increase (p=0.379), and minor increase in the postoperative length of stay was not statistically significant either (p=0.879).
ISSN:0353-9466
1333-9451
1333-9451
DOI:10.20471/acc.2023.62.04.19