Epidemiological and Clinical Changes in Pediatric Acute Mastoiditis Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Eight-Year Retrospective Study from a Tertiary-Level Center.

Med Sci (Basel) · 2025 · PMC12735316 · PMID 41440529

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Although an increase in the number of ECs was observed in the post-COVID-19 period, this increase did not reach statistical significance (IRR 1.51; 95% CI: 0.72–3.23) ( Table 2 ). 3.3.

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