Epidemiologic impact of COVID-19 on a multi-subspecialty orthopaedic practice()

The purpose of this study is to report the change in surgical case volume and composition encountered by a multi-subspecialty orthopaedic practice due to COVID-19. We reviewed electronic medical records for patients who had surgery at our institution and collected multiple variables including age an...

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Autores principales: Heaps, Braiden M., Ladnier, Karen, Haselman, William T., Limpisvasti, Orr, Banffy, Michael B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Professor P K Surendran Memorial Education Foundation. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8099547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33972818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2021.05.011
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Sumario:The purpose of this study is to report the change in surgical case volume and composition encountered by a multi-subspecialty orthopaedic practice due to COVID-19. We reviewed electronic medical records for patients who had surgery at our institution and collected multiple variables including age and the joint that was operated on. In the post-COVID-19 period, we found a significant increase in the percentage of hip procedures, and a significant decrease in the percentage of hand/wrist procedures. Overall, the total surgical volume of our multi-subspecialty orthopaedic practice decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the composition of surgical cases changed.

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