Management of appendicitis during the COVID pandemic: Lessons from the first month of the outbreak

Br J Surg. 2020 Oct;107(11):e450-e451. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11910. Epub 2020 Aug 10.

Authors

Mohammed Basamh¹, Ashwin Rajendiran¹, Wen Y Chung², Franscois Runau¹, Sam Sangal¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK.
² Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic surgery, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK.

PMID: 32776508
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11910

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Appendectomy
Appendicitis / complications
Appendicitis / diagnosis
Appendicitis / therapy*
COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / therapy
Combined Modality Therapy
Conservative Treatment / methods*
Conservative Treatment / trends
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Humans
Infection Control / methods
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
Male
Pandemics
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
United Kingdom / epidemiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents