Impact of COVID-19 on acute appendicitis presentation, management and pathology findings in adult and paediatric populations

• Dorothy B. Johnston ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: djohnston21@qub.ac.uk

  Affiliation Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7656-7386

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• Helen G. Coleman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• David Colvin,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Suzanne Lawther,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Maurice B. Loughrey

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, Department of Cellular Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom

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