• Mehmet Mahir Fersahoğlu, Hüseyin Çiyiltepe, Ayşe Tuba Fersahoğlu, Esen BulutNuriyeNDepartment of General Surgery, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey., Anıl Ergin, Iksan Taşdelen, Yasin Güneş, M Timuçin Aydın, Yetkin Özcabı, Zuhal Demirhan Yananlı, Birol Agca, İbrahim Aydın, and Kemal Memişoğlu.
• Department of General Surgery, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey.
• Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2022 Jan 1; 28 (2): 170174170-174.

BackgroundThis study aims to compare the waiting and operating times of the patients who applied to our hospital with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) during the pandemic, how the process was managed in terms of AA and other data of the patient compared to the pre-pandemic period.MethodsA retrospective cohort analysis was performed among patients who were hospitalized in the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital General Surgery Clinic with a pre-diagnosis of AA. For this purpose, two groups were formed. Group 1: It comprised patients who were operated between March 11 and June 1, 2020; Group 2: It comprised patients who were operated between March 11 and June 1, 2019, with a pre-diagnosis of AA.ResultsForty-six patients in Group 1 and 79 patients in Group 2 were operated with the pre-diagnosis of AA. There was no difference between groups in terms of pre-operative symptom durations or surgery waiting times.ConclusionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, significant decrease observed in the number of patients operated because of AA can be interpreted as the avoidance of patients from applying to the hospital with the concern of infection. Moreover, it may suggest that uncomplicated cases undergo spontaneous resolution; however, there is a requirement for further research to support this assumption and define the criteria for this condition by including a level of scientific evidence.

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