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Decreased Case Volume for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellows During the Early Stages of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

PURPOSE: To compare the surgical case volume for orthopaedic sports medicine fellows in the most recent classes with one another and in years preceding the pandemic. METHODS: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education case log reports of key procedures for orthopaedic sports medicine f...

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Autores principales: Testa, Edward J., Albright, J. Alex, Kutschke, Michael, Dacey, Sydney, McCrae, Brian, Meghani, Ozair, Owens, Brett D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9117403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35607405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asmr.2022.04.019
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author Testa, Edward J.
Albright, J. Alex
Kutschke, Michael
Dacey, Sydney
McCrae, Brian
Meghani, Ozair
Owens, Brett D.
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description PURPOSE: To compare the surgical case volume for orthopaedic sports medicine fellows in the most recent classes with one another and in years preceding the pandemic. METHODS: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education case log reports of key procedures for orthopaedic sports medicine fellows during academic years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021 were extracted. Comparisons between these years in adult, pediatric, and total case volumes were performed using a 2-sample t-test to detect significant changes in the average number of key procedures completed between consecutive years. RESULTS: There was a significant decrease in the total number of cases completed by fellows during the 2020 academic year (P = .043) compared with 2019, immediately followed by a significant increase in case volume in 2021 (P < .001) (2019, 339 ± 123; 2020, 316.2 ± 108; 2021, 356.5 ± 117). There was a significant increase in adult case volume from 2020 to 2021 (2020, 295.7 ± 106; 2021, 332.9 ± 117; P < .001), whereas no trends were noted in pediatric case volume. Between the prepandemic year of 2019 and the first year of the pandemic, significant decreases were noted in case volume for several procedures, including multiligamentous knee injuries, knee instability and pediatric hip arthroscopy. From the first to the second years of the pandemic (2019-2020 to 2020-2021), significant increases were observed in case volume for rotator cuff, acromioclavicular instability, elbow instability, knee cartilage, and meniscal surgeries. CONCLUSIONS: Orthopaedic sports medicine fellows experienced significant decreases in volume for several key case categories between the year preceding the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and the first academic year during the pandemic. There were subsequent increases in cases between the first year of the pandemic and the second year, which may be associated with resuming elective surgical cases. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV, retrospective database analysis.
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spelling pubmed-91174032022-05-19 Decreased Case Volume for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellows During the Early Stages of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Testa, Edward J. Albright, J. Alex Kutschke, Michael Dacey, Sydney McCrae, Brian Meghani, Ozair Owens, Brett D. Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil Original Article PURPOSE: To compare the surgical case volume for orthopaedic sports medicine fellows in the most recent classes with one another and in years preceding the pandemic. METHODS: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education case log reports of key procedures for orthopaedic sports medicine fellows during academic years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021 were extracted. Comparisons between these years in adult, pediatric, and total case volumes were performed using a 2-sample t-test to detect significant changes in the average number of key procedures completed between consecutive years. RESULTS: There was a significant decrease in the total number of cases completed by fellows during the 2020 academic year (P = .043) compared with 2019, immediately followed by a significant increase in case volume in 2021 (P < .001) (2019, 339 ± 123; 2020, 316.2 ± 108; 2021, 356.5 ± 117). There was a significant increase in adult case volume from 2020 to 2021 (2020, 295.7 ± 106; 2021, 332.9 ± 117; P < .001), whereas no trends were noted in pediatric case volume. Between the prepandemic year of 2019 and the first year of the pandemic, significant decreases were noted in case volume for several procedures, including multiligamentous knee injuries, knee instability and pediatric hip arthroscopy. From the first to the second years of the pandemic (2019-2020 to 2020-2021), significant increases were observed in case volume for rotator cuff, acromioclavicular instability, elbow instability, knee cartilage, and meniscal surgeries. CONCLUSIONS: Orthopaedic sports medicine fellows experienced significant decreases in volume for several key case categories between the year preceding the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and the first academic year during the pandemic. There were subsequent increases in cases between the first year of the pandemic and the second year, which may be associated with resuming elective surgical cases. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV, retrospective database analysis. Elsevier 2022-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9117403/ /pubmed/35607405 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asmr.2022.04.019 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Testa, Edward J.
Albright, J. Alex
Kutschke, Michael
Dacey, Sydney
McCrae, Brian
Meghani, Ozair
Owens, Brett D.
Decreased Case Volume for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellows During the Early Stages of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
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title_fullStr Decreased Case Volume for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellows During the Early Stages of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Decreased Case Volume for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellows During the Early Stages of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
title_short Decreased Case Volume for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellows During the Early Stages of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
title_sort decreased case volume for orthopaedic sports medicine fellows during the early stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9117403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35607405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asmr.2022.04.019
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