@article{article_1725377, title={Comparative Assessment of Urological Emergency Cases Before and After the COVID-19 Outbreak}, journal={Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası}, volume={78}, pages={128–136}, year={2025}, DOI={10.4274/atfm.galenos.2025.92668}, author={Sarıkaya, Selçuk and Kılıççalan, İbrahim and Peker, Selim Can and Bedir, Selahattin}, keywords={COVID-19, pandemic, outbreak, urological emergency, emergency}, abstract={Objectives: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic originated from China and has affected all countries in the world as well as Türkiye. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on urological emergency admissions. Materials and Methods: Urological emergency admissions between March 2019-February 2020 and March 2020-February 2021 periods were noted and evaluated in detail. The admissions were divided into two groups as non-traumatic and traumatic admissions for both periods. Traumatic and non-traumatic admissions were analyzed in detail and statistical analysis was performed in order to analyse the differences in terms of admission type and gender. Results: Two thousand two hundred fifty-two cases were evaluated (1,096 before the pandemic, 1,156 after the pandemic). The renal traumas, ureteral traumas, bladder traumas, penile traumas, scrotal traumas, simultaneous penile and scrotal traumas and other trauma types were evaluated in detail. Non-traumatic urological emergencies were also investigated for the same time periods. Testicular torsions, acute scrotum, urinary tract infections, fournier gangrenes, hematuria, urolithiasis, glob vesicale, pregnants with urological complaints, priapism and other urological conditions were seen and evaluated in detail. Statistically significant difference has been observed between the periods. Conclusion: Emergency admissions have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The deferred complaints changed the emergency admission conditions. Most of the people delayed their routine outpatient clinic follow-ups or their first admissions due to the disease transmission concerns. These factors have resulted in changes and mostly caused late diagnosis and treatment.}, number={2}, publisher={Ankara University}