Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on inguinal hernia management in infants under 6 months of age in the UK
Br J Surg
.
2022 Jul 15;109(8):778-779.
doi: 10.1093/bjs/znac149.
Authors
Eva H Sorensen
1
,
Esther H S Westwood
1
,
Mahmoud Motawea
2
,
Sophia Hashim
3
,
Nigel J Hall
4
5
,
Clare M Rees
1
3
;
COVID-19 Inguinal Hernia Group
Collaborators
COVID-19 Inguinal Hernia Group
:
H Corbett
,
V Hathiramani
,
C Kwok
,
G Soccorso
,
C Skerritt
,
S Bedoya
,
R Garrett-Cox
,
R Roberts
,
C Bradshaw
,
S Phillips
,
A Saxena
,
E Folaranmi
,
Z Morrison
,
A Sharif
,
I Yardley
,
V Albert
,
G Hosie
,
E O'Connor
,
P De Coppi
,
L Tullie
,
S Loukogeorgakis
,
A Puri
,
J Sutcliffe
,
E Hannon
,
W Moni-Nwinia
,
T Ojewander
,
H Dagash
,
E Achimugu
,
A Ram
,
T Boam
,
M Gabriel
,
G Shepherd
,
M John
,
K Appiah
,
A Babs-Osibodu
,
P Johnson
,
A Pedersen
,
H Ghattaura
,
Y Patel
,
G Winter
,
J Sheth
,
G Bethel
,
A Robotin-Pal
,
S Lawther
,
D Maguire
,
L Steven
,
S Hotonu
,
P Hammond
,
R Kronfli
,
J Hallett
,
F Arthur
,
A Rooney
,
N Lansdale
,
J Goring
,
G Murthi
,
F Stedman
,
K Sloan
,
D Rex
,
J Billington
,
A Joshi
,
G Bough
,
R Trenea
,
E Ghazy
Affiliations
1
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
2
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
3
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
4
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Southampton Children's Hospital, Southampton, UK.
5
Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
PMID:
35639609
DOI:
10.1093/bjs/znac149
No abstract available
MeSH terms
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Hernia, Inguinal* / epidemiology
Hernia, Inguinal* / surgery
Herniorrhaphy
Humans
Infant
Pandemics
Retrospective Studies
United Kingdom / epidemiology