The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on emergency general surgery in the first German “hotspot region” Aachen-Heinsberg–A multicentre retrospective cohort study

Alexandros Chrysos; Iakovos Amygdalos; Priscila Nunes; Guenter Haselow; Konstantinos Lioupis; Raphael Rosch; Roman Marius Eickhoff; Georg Wiltberger; Ulf Peter Neumann; Andreas Lambertz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0280867

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The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on emergency general surgery in the first German “hotspot region” Aachen-Heinsberg–A multicentre retrospective cohort study

Alexandros Chrysos ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: achrysos@ukaachen.de

Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3088-1171

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Iakovos Amygdalos,

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5138-4214

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Priscila Nunes,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, St. Elisabeth-Hospital, Geilenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Guenter Haselow,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, St. Elisabeth-Hospital, Geilenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Konstantinos Lioupis,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Municipal Hospital, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Raphael Rosch,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Hermann-Josef-Hospital, Erkelenz, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Roman Marius Eickhoff,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Georg Wiltberger,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Ulf Peter Neumann,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Andreas Lambertz

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on emergency general surgery in the first German “hotspot region” Aachen-Heinsberg–A multicentre retrospective cohort study

Alexandros Chrysos,
Iakovos Amygdalos,
Priscila Nunes,
Guenter Haselow,
Konstantinos Lioupis,
Raphael Rosch,
Roman Marius Eickhoff,
Georg Wiltberger,
Ulf Peter Neumann,
Andreas Lambertz

Published: January 25, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280867

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