Emergency surgery in the COVID era

Krzysztof Aksędowski; Andrzej L. Komorowski; Krzysztof Korneta; Ruslan Zavatskyi

doi:10.48269/MandPH-AFMKU-23-1-003

Published: 2023-04-17

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023)

Emergency surgery in the COVID era

Krzysztof Aksędowski

, Andrzej L. Komorowski

, Krzysztof Korneta

, Ruslan Zavatskyi

Section: short reports

https://doi.org/10.48269/MandPH-AFMKU-23-1-003

Abstract

We describe the case of a COVID-positive patient with a clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis who was a prisoner at a maximum security facility without access to a prison surgical ward. The administrative and legal issues related to admitting and treating this patient on a standard surgical ward are briefly discussed.

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COVID , emergency surgery , acute appendicitis , prison healthcare

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Aksędowski, Krzysztof, et al. “Emergency Surgery in the COVID Era”. Medicine and Public Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Apr. 2023, pp. 1-3, doi:10.48269/MandPH-AFMKU-23-1-003.

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