Complicated non-traumatic surgical pathology treated during the pandemic at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital during the period March - September 2020.

Abstract

The new coronavirus pandemic affected emergency consultations for surgical pathologies during its initial activity peak in 2020. Appendicular pathology reported an increase in prehospital delay during the pandemic. Likewise, a change towards a greater proportion has been described. of cases of complicated appendicitis. The objective of our study was to determine the complicated non-traumatic surgical pathology treated at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital (HVCM). The methodology consisted of a descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study through the review of 373 medical records of patients treated for abdominal pathology in emergency at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital during the period March - September 2020. Results: The most frequent non-traumatic surgical pathology in the aforementioned hospital it was acute appendicitis, it was also observed that a third of the patients were in an age range between 21-30 years, the majority were female and acute appendicitis in the necrotic phase was the most frequent within the complications treated during this period.

Conclusions: Of the sample reviewed, it was observed that about half of the patients treated presented some type of complications, with appendicitis in the necrotic phase being the main complication.