ArticleThe archives of bone and joint surgery2020
Fracture Surgery in Known COVID-19 Infected Patients: What Are the Challenges?
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- The Impact of COVID-19 on the Prevalence, Mortality, and Associated Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with Hip Fractures: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2023Pooled it
- Is COVID-19 associated with delayed treatment of road traffic injuries arriving at the emergency department?BMC research notes · 2026Article
- The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Theatre Efficiency, Lessons to be Learned for Subsequent Waves.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2022Article
- Mortality escalates in patients of proximal femoral fractures with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 35 studies on 4255 patients.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021Article
- Fracture management during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2020Article
- Length of hospital stay and mortality of hip fracture surgery in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Current orthopaedic practiceReview
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Abstract
backgroundSurgery in the time of COVID-19 pandemic is a challenging issue while treatment of affected fracture patients is inevitable. The present study summarizes the challenges that an orthopedic surgeon is confronting during the surgical treatment of fracture patients with concomitant COVID-19 infection.
methodsDemographic and fracture related data of 13 fracture patients with concomitant COVID-19 infection who were treated with surgery was collected from three trauma centers in Tehran and Kermanshah cities from 21, February 2020 to April 3, 2020.
resultsAll patients were male with mean age of 38.6±19.5 years. Eight patients had high energy fracture and seven patients had multiple fractures and trauma. Wrist and hand were the common sites of fracture following hip and pelvis. The mean interval time period between the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection and surgery was 2.3±1.5 days. Before surgery, all patients except one had been admitted to the corona dedicated wards, while two patients were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). One of the ICU admitted patients died. All the 12 alive patients remained in home isolation after discharge.
conclusionFracture surgery in COVID-19 patients has many challenges such as lack of medical resources, delay of surgery, medial staff fear, and patient isolation. However, a multidisciplinary approach using all potential hospital resources would lead to successful operation and acceptable outcome.
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