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Annotation: The COVID-19 pandemic and clinical orthopaedic and trauma surgery

This article provides a brief overview of the current COVID-19 pandemic crisis and the impact on trauma and orthopaedic surgeons. The principles of protect, avoid, restrict and abbreviate are recommended. Coordination of response, communication and support are also important. The versatility of orth...

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Autores principales: Ashford, Robert U., Nichols, Jennifer S., Mangwani, Jitendra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7132434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32292257
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2020.04.002
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Sumario:This article provides a brief overview of the current COVID-19 pandemic crisis and the impact on trauma and orthopaedic surgeons. The principles of protect, avoid, restrict and abbreviate are recommended. Coordination of response, communication and support are also important. The versatility of orthopaedic surgeons lends them to having an important role.