Emergency surgery admissions and the COVID-19 pandemic: did the first wave really change our practice? Results of an ACOI/WSES international retrospective cohort audit on 6263 patients.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateFormal ethical committee approval was not deemed to be necessary due to the retrospective nature and anonymised nature of the audit. However, the study was approved by the Comitato Etico ATS Sardegna on 22.12.2020 and was sponsored by the World Society of Emergency Surgery and by the Associazione dei Chirurghi Ospedalieri Italiani. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organisation or entity with any financial or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organisation or entity with any financial or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript."

"Funding No funding was available for this study."