Authors
Alpaslan Şahin
Konya Şehir Hastanesi
0000-0001-5707-1203
Türkiye
Ersin Turan
Konya şehir hastanesi
0000-0002-6413-6949
Türkiye
Abstract
Aim: In the Covid-19 pandemic, patients’ admissions to the hospital were delayed for concerns of contamination. Our study aimed to determine the duration of admission to hospital, complicated AA rate, and complication rates in patients treated for acute appendicitis (AA) during the pandemic process and compare them with the non-pandemic period.
Material and Methods: Data of 159 patients treated for appendicitis during the pandemic period (11.03.2020 – 01.06.2020) and non-pandemic period (11.03.2019-01.06.2019) were analyzed retrospectively. Data on admission time, complicated AA rate, inflammatory markers, hospitalization time, postoperative complications, and drain usage were analyzed.
Results: The hospital’s average admission time was 1.37 ± 1.53 days in group 1 and 2.54 ± 2.18 days in group 2 (p <0.05). CRP values were significantly higher in group 2 (p <0.05). The complicated AA rate of patients evaluated by USG in group 2 was 30% (12), and in group 1, 11.45% (6)(p <0.05). Intraoperative Complicated AA rate was 6.9% (6) in group 1 and 18.06% (13) in group 2 (p <0.05). Laparoscopic appendectomy rate was 33.3% (29) in group 1 and 12.5% (9) in group 2 (p <0.05). When hospitalization periods (days) were compared, the duration of hospitalization was higher in group 2 (p <0.05).
Conclusion: During the pandemic period, complicated AA rate increases due to late admission to the hospital.
Keywords
acute appendicitis;, covid-19;, emergency surgery
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