Variation in Acute Appendicitis During COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

University of Milano Bicocca

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Appendicitis

Treatments: Procedure: Appendectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04649996

Appendicitis-pandemic

Details and patient eligibility

About

retrospective observational study of variation in incidence and clinical presentation of appendicitis during the pandemic in northern Italy, compared with the same period in the previous 2 years.

Enrollment: 532 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• acute appendicitis

Exclusion criteria

• other diagnosis

Trial design

532 participants in 2 patient groups

Pandemic period

Description:

patients admitted in hospital for acute appendicitis

Treatment:

Procedure: Appendectomy

control period

Description:

patients admitted in hospital for acute appendicitis

Treatment:

Procedure: Appendectomy