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The impact of COVID-19 on trauma and orthopaedic surgery in the United Kingdom

The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has had a significant impact on trauma and orthopaedic (T&O) departments worldwide. To manage the peak of the epidemic, orthopaedic staff were redeployed to frontline medical care; these roles included managing minor injury units, forming a “pronin...

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Autores principales: Wallace, Charles N., Kontoghiorghe, Christina, Kayani, Barbar, Chang, Justin S., Haddad, Fares S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7659697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33215133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.17.BJO-2020-0102
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author Wallace, Charles N.
Kontoghiorghe, Christina
Kayani, Barbar
Chang, Justin S.
Haddad, Fares S.
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description The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has had a significant impact on trauma and orthopaedic (T&O) departments worldwide. To manage the peak of the epidemic, orthopaedic staff were redeployed to frontline medical care; these roles included managing minor injury units, forming a “proning” team, and assisting in the intensive care unit (ICU). In addition, outpatient clinics were restructured to facilitate virtual consultations, elective procedures were cancelled, and inpatient hospital admissions minimized to reduce nosocomial COVID-19 infections. Urgent operations for fractures, infection and tumours went ahead but required strict planning to ensure patient safety. Orthopaedic training has also been significantly impacted during this period. This article discusses the impact of COVID-19 on T&O in the UK and highlights key lessons learned that may help to proactively prepare for the next global pandemic. Cite this article: Bone Joint Open 2020;1-7:420–423.
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spelling pubmed-76596972020-11-18 The impact of COVID-19 on trauma and orthopaedic surgery in the United Kingdom Wallace, Charles N. Kontoghiorghe, Christina Kayani, Barbar Chang, Justin S. Haddad, Fares S. Bone Jt Open General Orthopaedics The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has had a significant impact on trauma and orthopaedic (T&O) departments worldwide. To manage the peak of the epidemic, orthopaedic staff were redeployed to frontline medical care; these roles included managing minor injury units, forming a “proning” team, and assisting in the intensive care unit (ICU). In addition, outpatient clinics were restructured to facilitate virtual consultations, elective procedures were cancelled, and inpatient hospital admissions minimized to reduce nosocomial COVID-19 infections. Urgent operations for fractures, infection and tumours went ahead but required strict planning to ensure patient safety. Orthopaedic training has also been significantly impacted during this period. This article discusses the impact of COVID-19 on T&O in the UK and highlights key lessons learned that may help to proactively prepare for the next global pandemic. Cite this article: Bone Joint Open 2020;1-7:420–423. The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2020-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7659697/ /pubmed/33215133 http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.17.BJO-2020-0102 Text en © 2020 Author(s) et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Open Access This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributions licence (CC-BY-NC-ND), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, but not for commercial gain, provided the original author and source are credited. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
spellingShingle General Orthopaedics
Wallace, Charles N.
Kontoghiorghe, Christina
Kayani, Barbar
Chang, Justin S.
Haddad, Fares S.
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title The impact of COVID-19 on trauma and orthopaedic surgery in the United Kingdom
title_full The impact of COVID-19 on trauma and orthopaedic surgery in the United Kingdom
title_fullStr The impact of COVID-19 on trauma and orthopaedic surgery in the United Kingdom
title_full_unstemmed The impact of COVID-19 on trauma and orthopaedic surgery in the United Kingdom
title_short The impact of COVID-19 on trauma and orthopaedic surgery in the United Kingdom
title_sort impact of covid-19 on trauma and orthopaedic surgery in the united kingdom
topic General Orthopaedics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7659697/
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