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Orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on COVID-19 related changes in practice: an international cross-sectional survey

INTRODUCTION: the purpose of this study was to assess the orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on COVID-19 related changes in their practice. METHODS: an online survey was shared with orthopaedic surgeons practicing in different countries. RESULTS: this study showed that orthopaedic...

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Autores principales: Meraghni, Nadhir, Bouyoucef, Hichem, Larbi, Redouane Si, Soal, Nacim, Benkaidali, Riad, Derradji, Mohamed, Kara, Zoubir, Hamza, Amine
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Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8035684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33889262
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.96.26846
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author Meraghni, Nadhir
Bouyoucef, Hichem
Larbi, Redouane Si
Soal, Nacim
Benkaidali, Riad
Derradji, Mohamed
Kara, Zoubir
Hamza, Amine
author_facet Meraghni, Nadhir
Bouyoucef, Hichem
Larbi, Redouane Si
Soal, Nacim
Benkaidali, Riad
Derradji, Mohamed
Kara, Zoubir
Hamza, Amine
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description INTRODUCTION: the purpose of this study was to assess the orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on COVID-19 related changes in their practice. METHODS: an online survey was shared with orthopaedic surgeons practicing in different countries. RESULTS: this study showed that orthopaedic surgery plan management was adapted to respond more effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining the continuity of health care and ensuring protection of medical staff and patients. Among the introduced measures, elective surgery was postponed to free-up beds for suspected or COVID-19 positive patients requiring hospitalization. Additionally, the number of outpatient visits was considerably decreased and non-urgent visits were postponed to reduce the flow of patients in and out of hospitals and therefore minimize the risk of contamination. Interestingly, data revealed the willingness of orthopaedic surgeons to take care of COVID-19 positive patients and support their colleagues in intensive care units, if needed. CONCLUSION: orthopaedic surgery departments have adapted their programs to face the unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Quick measures were taken to reduce the risk of contamination in patients, medical staff and to allow hospitals to free up beds for treatment of patients with positive or suspected COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-80356842021-04-21 Orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on COVID-19 related changes in practice: an international cross-sectional survey Meraghni, Nadhir Bouyoucef, Hichem Larbi, Redouane Si Soal, Nacim Benkaidali, Riad Derradji, Mohamed Kara, Zoubir Hamza, Amine Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: the purpose of this study was to assess the orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on COVID-19 related changes in their practice. METHODS: an online survey was shared with orthopaedic surgeons practicing in different countries. RESULTS: this study showed that orthopaedic surgery plan management was adapted to respond more effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining the continuity of health care and ensuring protection of medical staff and patients. Among the introduced measures, elective surgery was postponed to free-up beds for suspected or COVID-19 positive patients requiring hospitalization. Additionally, the number of outpatient visits was considerably decreased and non-urgent visits were postponed to reduce the flow of patients in and out of hospitals and therefore minimize the risk of contamination. Interestingly, data revealed the willingness of orthopaedic surgeons to take care of COVID-19 positive patients and support their colleagues in intensive care units, if needed. CONCLUSION: orthopaedic surgery departments have adapted their programs to face the unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Quick measures were taken to reduce the risk of contamination in patients, medical staff and to allow hospitals to free up beds for treatment of patients with positive or suspected COVID-19. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8035684/ /pubmed/33889262 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.96.26846 Text en Copyright: Nadhir Meraghni et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research
Meraghni, Nadhir
Bouyoucef, Hichem
Larbi, Redouane Si
Soal, Nacim
Benkaidali, Riad
Derradji, Mohamed
Kara, Zoubir
Hamza, Amine
Orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on COVID-19 related changes in practice: an international cross-sectional survey
title Orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on COVID-19 related changes in practice: an international cross-sectional survey
title_full Orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on COVID-19 related changes in practice: an international cross-sectional survey
title_fullStr Orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on COVID-19 related changes in practice: an international cross-sectional survey
title_full_unstemmed Orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on COVID-19 related changes in practice: an international cross-sectional survey
title_short Orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on COVID-19 related changes in practice: an international cross-sectional survey
title_sort orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions and attitudes on covid-19 related changes in practice: an international cross-sectional survey
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8035684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33889262
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.96.26846
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