The rate of complicated appendicitis during a nonpharmaceutical intervention in two territories with different COVID-19 incidence
G Bauci, M Arigoni, S Passoni, K Ukegjini, L Marti, T Steffen · 2025
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Bauci and co-authors compare rates of severe appendicitis during Switzerland's first COVID-19 lockdown in two regions hit very differently by the virus, in a 2025 study. Surgeons in many places reported more burst or gangrenous appendices during lockdowns, fearing patients delayed care. The literature, though, is mixed, so the team tested the claim across two Swiss centers.
They compared March to June 2020 with the same months in 2019, covering 393 patients in all. The share of complicated cases rose from 28 percent before the pandemic to 39 percent during lockdown. In Ticino, the harder-hit region, the share nearly doubled, and patients arrived later than in both the prior year and the other region. Among patients under 20, the complicated share jumped from 12 to 47 percent.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | G Bauci, M Arigoni, S Passoni, K Ukegjini, L Marti, T Steffen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |