Pediatric surgery international
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Pediatr. Surg. Int. · Dec 2020
The role of a pediatric tertiary care center in avoiding collateral damage for children with acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 outbreak.
To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdown on management and outcomes of children with acute appendicitis. ⋯ Despite an increase in the number of children with appendicitis managed at our hospital during the COVID-19-related lockdown, management, and outcome remained similar. Although our pediatric center was strongly affected by this pandemic, maintaining our prior practice strategies for acute appendicitis avoided the occurrence of collateral damage for those children.