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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Orthopedic Surgery in Three Centers from Romania.

Dinu Vermeşan, Adrian Todor, Diana Andrei, Marius Niculescu, Emanuela Tudorache, Horia Haragus

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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  6. Surgical treatment for fragility hip fractures during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in lower short-term postoperative functional outcome and a higher complication rate compared to the pre-pandemic period.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022
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  13. COVID-19 Impact on Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine Research: Maintaining Lab Continuity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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6 authors.

Dinu VermeşanDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Eftimie Murgu Square No 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Adrian TodorDepartment of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Pediatric Orthopedics, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Victor Babes Str No 8, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-2156-1443
Diana AndreiDepartment of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy, EftimieMurgu Square No 2, 300041 Timișoara, Romania.
Marius NiculescuFaculty of Medicine, TituMaiorescu University, Dambovnicului Str No 22, District 4, 040441 Bucharest, Romania.
Emanuela TudoracheDepartment of Pulmonology, Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Eftimie Murgu Square No 2, 300041 Timișoara, Romania.
Horia HaragusDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Eftimie Murgu Square No 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-6801-3471

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has put an enormous burden on healthcare systems. As a direct consequence, many elective procedures were cancelled and available resources were relocated to emergencies and COVID-19 patients. We aimed to analyze the impact on orthopedic surgery in Romania. We performed a retrospective analysis of orthopedics and trauma cases admitted over the first six months of 2019 and 2020 in three representative clinics. In total, there were 1900 patients: 1241 from Timisoara, 216 from Cluj-Napoca, and 443 from Bucharest. In April, activity for all cases in the regional trauma center dropped to 23.8% and stopped in the other two. No arthroscopies or elective joint replacements were performed in April. By June, hospital admissions resumed for trauma cases while arthroscopies and joint replacements still lagged behind.

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COVID-19OrthopedicsHumansOrthopedic ProceduresPandemicsRetrospective StudiesRomaniacoronavirus infectionsdelivery of health carehospitalsorthopedic procedurespandemicsRomania

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PMID33672294
PMCPMC7926912

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