Abstract

The coronavirus disease pandemia created unedited challenges for surgical departments. Moreover it required a reorganization in surgical settings and plannings, because it can complicate the perioperative course with new challenges. In this case series, we retrospectively review the clinical details of 5 cases, who presented with COVID‐19 and acute abdomen in emergency department in which 2 where incisional hernia,1 femoral,1 umblical and 1 inguinal hernia (Amyand hernia). None of the patients developed perioperative complications in the COVID‐19 outbreak and they were operated on for emergency surgery. Hernias have a wide range of presentation. Mostly they are asymptomatic or may present with non‐specific symptoms. But in some cases, the patients can have pain or nausea and, in some cases they can develop acute complications (incarceration, obstruction, volvulus and strangulation) that need prompt diagnosis and treatment. The effects on a new COVID‐19 infection or exacerbation of current infection related to the anesthesia, the surgical stress and the perioperative medications are unknown.

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