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cord-317437-65z4792h	Perea del Pozo, Eduardo	A prospective cohort study of the impact of covid19 world pandemic on the management of emergency surgical pathology	2020-08-13		.txt	text/plain	747	95	69	title: A prospective cohort study of the impact of covid19 world pandemic on the management of emergency surgical pathology department for surgical pathology (n = 434), a significant decrease in the total number of its patients was observed during pandemic period (44,6% less than in 2019). The worse results during COVID-19 pandemic were founded in acute appendicitis with an increase in complicated appendicitis (55% vs 23⋅8%, p = 0⋅02), hospital stay (4 vs 2 days, p = 0⋅01) and surgical site infections (30% vs 5⋅1%, p = 0⋅01). This could be explained by the fact that these patients have received conservative management by primary care physicians, since no data exists that would cause one to believe that the real incidence of acute appendicitis is lower 4 . During the period of the pandemic some groups have proposed conservative management for this pathology to reduce the need for emergency room visits and operating rooms 5 . Global guidance for surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic	./cache/cord-317437-65z4792h.txt	./txt/cord-317437-65z4792h.txt