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Elective Orthopaedic Surgery During COVID-19: A Safe Way to Get Back on Track.

Claudio Zorzi, Gianluca Piovan, Daniele Screpis, Simone Natali, Stefania Marocco, Venanzio Iacono

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Article in JB & JS open access. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claudio ZorziDepartment of Orthopaedics (C.Z., G.P., D.S., S.N., and V.I.) and Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology (S.M.), IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5441-2348
Gianluca PiovanDepartment of Orthopaedics (C.Z., G.P., D.S., S.N., and V.I.) and Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology (S.M.), IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0175-216X
Daniele ScrepisDepartment of Orthopaedics (C.Z., G.P., D.S., S.N., and V.I.) and Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology (S.M.), IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1381-4057
Simone NataliDepartment of Orthopaedics (C.Z., G.P., D.S., S.N., and V.I.) and Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology (S.M.), IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5123-8989
Stefania MaroccoDepartment of Orthopaedics (C.Z., G.P., D.S., S.N., and V.I.) and Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology (S.M.), IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3058-7530
Venanzio IaconoDepartment of Orthopaedics (C.Z., G.P., D.S., S.N., and V.I.) and Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology (S.M.), IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4461-5843
Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has greatly changed our way of living and working. We have developed a method to treat urgent patients in a safe way, and we applied the same protocol to resume elective surgical procedures.

methodsWe reorganized the system and the management of our orthopaedic department to perform elective surgical procedures in a safe way. During the COVID-19 lockdown, 614 patients underwent elective orthopaedic procedures.

resultsNo major postoperative complications were recorded. None of the orthopaedic surgeons, health-care personnel, or hospitalized patients was infected in this period of activity.

conclusionsDuring COVID-19, it is possible to perform elective surgical procedures in a safe way.

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PMID33376923
PMCPMC7757831
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