What paradigm shifts occurred in the management of acute diverticulitis during the COVID-19 pandemic? A scoping review

Table 1 Cross sectional studies comparing the number of admissions for acute diverticulitis in the periods before and during lockdown, n (%)

Ref.	Country	No. COVID cases per 106 people at mid lockdown period2	Observation periods during and pre-lockdown (d)	Patients (n)		Percentage reduction	Uncomplicated diverticulitis (%)
				Lockdown	Pre-lockdown		Lockdown	Pre-lockdown
Anteby et al[8]	Israel	1	30	2	11	-82%	NR	NR
Boyle et al[9]	New Zealand	272	33	17	15	0.1%	11 (65)	8 (53)
Chung et al[10]	United Kingdom	1383	32	20	NR	NA	NR	NR
Gibson et al[11]	United States	2395	77	56	139	-60%	40 (71)	105 (76)
Guadalajara et al[12]	Spain1	3036	49	NR	NR	-60%	NR	NR
O'Brien et al[13]	Canada	228	31	15	20	-25%	NR	NR
Rausei et al[14]	Italy1	409	31	31	94	-67%	NR	NR
Rosa et al[15]	Italy	1431	73	6	9	-33%	NR	NR
Soriano et al[16]	United States	621	91	65	122	-47%	50 (77)	99 (81)
Zintsmaster et al[17]	United States	1017	49	120	339	-65%	106 (88)	324 (96)

¹Multicenter.

²Data extrapolated in each country from www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/.

NR: Not reported; NA: Not applicable.