Increased Incidence of Perforated Appendicitis in Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Bavarian Multi-Center Study

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Julia Platzer¹  Christian Knorr²  Johannes Meyer³  Frank-Mattias Schäfer³  Maximilian Stehr³  Stefanie Simon⁴  Jochen Hubertus⁵  Stephan Kellnar⁶  Jakob Warmbrunn⁷  Thomas Meyer⁸  Tobias Schuster⁹  Sigurd T. Seitz^1,10 

[1] Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital St. Marien gGmbH, Landshut, Germany;Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Orthopedics, Barmherzige Brüder Hospital – St. Hedwig Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany;Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, Cnopfsche Kinderklinik, Nuremberg, Germany;Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany;Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany;Department of Pediatric Surgery, Klinikum Dritter Orden, Munich, Germany;Department of Pediatric Surgery, Klinikum Schwabing, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany;Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Urology and Pediatric Trauma, Hospital for General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany;Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany;Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany;

关键词: appendicitis;    perforation;    perforated appendicitis;    COVID-19;    pandemic;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2021.683607

来源: Frontiers

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