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Data was analyzed by the numbers of patients, sex, age, onset time, fever or not, laboratory examination, imaging test, and treatment. And we analyzed the differences between the \u201cpre-COVID group\u201d and \u201cduring-COVID group\u201d.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Compared with the year 2019, the number of acute appendicitis patients has diminished substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020), but the number elevated with the control of the pandemic. Even if we did not find the differences of the treatment before and during the pandemic (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.932), the onset time to emergency was significantly longer (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and more patients had showed fever (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) during the COVID-19 pandemic. And the total number of white blood cells and C reactive protein level were significantly higher in 2020 than those in 2019 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.006, 0.003). And the same result was found in patients with appendiceal fecalith (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.047).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>During the pandemic of the new coronavirus pneumonia, the number of patients with acute appendix treatment dropped significantly, mainly because it took longer than before, and the condition was more severe. It can be seen that the new coronary pneumonia has a great impact on the patients\u2019 medical treatment behavior, and the active prevention and treatment of the new coronavirus pneumonia is currently an important and urgent issue.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00384-021-04031-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,14]],"date-time":"2021-10-14T00:10:54Z","timestamp":1634170254000},"page":"215-219","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the treatment of acute appendicitis in China"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"37","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4314-9847","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"ZhiXue","family":"Zheng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jing Tao","family":"Bi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ya Qi","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xuan","family":"Cai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"4031_CR1","unstructured":"World Health Organization (WHO) Laboratory testing of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in suspected human cases. https:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/handle\/10665\/330676"},{"key":"4031_CR2","unstructured":"World Health Organization (WHO) Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) situation report. https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/situationreports"},{"key":"4031_CR3","unstructured":"National Health Commission (2020) The no. 1 announcement of National Health Commission of the People\u2019s Republic of China in 2020. 2020\u201302\u201304"},{"issue":"33\u201334","key":"4031_CR4","first-page":"545","volume":"117","author":"A Slagman","year":"2020","unstructured":"Slagman A, Behringer W, Greiner F et al (2020) Registry AED, German Forum of University Emergency Departments in the Society of University Clinics of Germany EV (2020) Medical emergencies during the Covid-19 pandemic. 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