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the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence and Outcome of Complicated Appendicitis

NCT04786041 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2021-03-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we noticed a rise in complicated appendicitis cases presenting to our medical center. We collected objective data on all patients admitted to the surgical department with appendicitis during February 2020 - March 2020 compared to the same 2 month period in 2019, to understand the pandemic's affect on the rate of complications of acute appendicitis.

Conditions

  • Covid19
  • Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

laparoscopic appendectomy

laparoscopic appendectomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Meir Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yaron Rudnicki, MD · Meir medical center, surgical ward B.

  • Yaron Rudnicki, MD · Meir medical center, surgical ward B.

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-01
Primary Completion
2020-05-30
Completion
2020-05-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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