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The Efficacy of Pre-Operative Self-Isolation Guidelines for Safe Elective Orthopaedic Surgeries: A Prospective Pilot Study

Objectives This study aimed to determine the efficacy of the self-isolation guidance for elective orthopaedic surgery. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between patient compliance with the self-isolation guidance and the resulting COVID-19 status. This would give planning strategies for managing...

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Autores principales: Bhadresha, Ashwin, De, Chiranjit, Uthraraj, Nachappa Sivanesan, Sibanda, Vusumuzi, Altaf, Kalsoom, Mitrogiannis, Leonidas, Relwani, Jai
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Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9405357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36039272
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27280
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author Bhadresha, Ashwin
De, Chiranjit
Uthraraj, Nachappa Sivanesan
Sibanda, Vusumuzi
Altaf, Kalsoom
Mitrogiannis, Leonidas
Relwani, Jai
author_facet Bhadresha, Ashwin
De, Chiranjit
Uthraraj, Nachappa Sivanesan
Sibanda, Vusumuzi
Altaf, Kalsoom
Mitrogiannis, Leonidas
Relwani, Jai
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description Objectives This study aimed to determine the efficacy of the self-isolation guidance for elective orthopaedic surgery. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between patient compliance with the self-isolation guidance and the resulting COVID-19 status. This would give planning strategies for managing elective orthopaedic lists. Method For the study, 110 patients who underwent elective orthopaedic surgical procedures during a one-month period were identified. Patients scheduled for surgery were asked to take a SARS-CoV-2 PCR test three days prior to surgery and they were asked to follow the self-isolation guidance. On the day of admission, patients declared compliance with self-isolation regulations. Admission was refused in cases of non-compliance. After discharge, telephone calls were made to patients to determine the degree of compliance with the self-isolation guidance. Results Overall, 106 out of 107 patients that were compliant with the self-isolation guidance tested negative for COVID-19; 15 patients had their operation cancelled over the one-month period; of which one-third were cancelled by the patients themselves. Three patients were found to be non-compliant with the self-isolation guidance. Of these three non-compliant patients, one tested positive for COVID-19. Adherence to the self-isolation guidelines helped to prevent last-minute cancellations and manage the list effectively. Conclusions Compliance with our self-isolation guidance accompanied by PCR screening minimises the risk of testing positive for COVID-19 and is thus an effective system to safely perform elective orthopaedic surgery. Intentionally overbooking theatre lists by 10 to 12.5% may account for cancellations and improve theatre efficiencies during post-pandemic recovery plans for elective orthopaedic surgeries.
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spelling pubmed-94053572022-08-28 The Efficacy of Pre-Operative Self-Isolation Guidelines for Safe Elective Orthopaedic Surgeries: A Prospective Pilot Study Bhadresha, Ashwin De, Chiranjit Uthraraj, Nachappa Sivanesan Sibanda, Vusumuzi Altaf, Kalsoom Mitrogiannis, Leonidas Relwani, Jai Cureus Orthopedics Objectives This study aimed to determine the efficacy of the self-isolation guidance for elective orthopaedic surgery. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between patient compliance with the self-isolation guidance and the resulting COVID-19 status. This would give planning strategies for managing elective orthopaedic lists. Method For the study, 110 patients who underwent elective orthopaedic surgical procedures during a one-month period were identified. Patients scheduled for surgery were asked to take a SARS-CoV-2 PCR test three days prior to surgery and they were asked to follow the self-isolation guidance. On the day of admission, patients declared compliance with self-isolation regulations. Admission was refused in cases of non-compliance. After discharge, telephone calls were made to patients to determine the degree of compliance with the self-isolation guidance. Results Overall, 106 out of 107 patients that were compliant with the self-isolation guidance tested negative for COVID-19; 15 patients had their operation cancelled over the one-month period; of which one-third were cancelled by the patients themselves. Three patients were found to be non-compliant with the self-isolation guidance. Of these three non-compliant patients, one tested positive for COVID-19. Adherence to the self-isolation guidelines helped to prevent last-minute cancellations and manage the list effectively. Conclusions Compliance with our self-isolation guidance accompanied by PCR screening minimises the risk of testing positive for COVID-19 and is thus an effective system to safely perform elective orthopaedic surgery. Intentionally overbooking theatre lists by 10 to 12.5% may account for cancellations and improve theatre efficiencies during post-pandemic recovery plans for elective orthopaedic surgeries. Cureus 2022-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9405357/ /pubmed/36039272 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27280 Text en Copyright © 2022, Bhadresha et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Orthopedics
Bhadresha, Ashwin
De, Chiranjit
Uthraraj, Nachappa Sivanesan
Sibanda, Vusumuzi
Altaf, Kalsoom
Mitrogiannis, Leonidas
Relwani, Jai
The Efficacy of Pre-Operative Self-Isolation Guidelines for Safe Elective Orthopaedic Surgeries: A Prospective Pilot Study
title The Efficacy of Pre-Operative Self-Isolation Guidelines for Safe Elective Orthopaedic Surgeries: A Prospective Pilot Study
title_full The Efficacy of Pre-Operative Self-Isolation Guidelines for Safe Elective Orthopaedic Surgeries: A Prospective Pilot Study
title_fullStr The Efficacy of Pre-Operative Self-Isolation Guidelines for Safe Elective Orthopaedic Surgeries: A Prospective Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed The Efficacy of Pre-Operative Self-Isolation Guidelines for Safe Elective Orthopaedic Surgeries: A Prospective Pilot Study
title_short The Efficacy of Pre-Operative Self-Isolation Guidelines for Safe Elective Orthopaedic Surgeries: A Prospective Pilot Study
title_sort efficacy of pre-operative self-isolation guidelines for safe elective orthopaedic surgeries: a prospective pilot study
topic Orthopedics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9405357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36039272
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27280
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