Observational studyInternational orthopaedics2021
Impact of COVID-19 on the practice of orthopaedics and trauma-an epidemiological study of the full pandemic year of a tertiary care centre of New Delhi.
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- Impact of COVID-19 on orthopedic trauma patients from 2021 to 2022 when restrictions were lifted, compared with the pre-pandemic period.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Retrospective Analysis of Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Orthopedic and Traumatological Inpatients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare system in India: A systematic review.Journal of public health research · 2023Review
- The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mortality and morbidity of patients undergoing trauma surgery: a report from the UK Corona TRAUMA Surge (UKCoTS) study.International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Application of Virtual Reality Systems in Bone Trauma Procedures.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Association of COVID-19 Lockdown With Increased Rate of Cyclops Syndrome in Patients With Unexpected Home-Based Self-Guided Rehabilitation After ACL Reconstruction.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Detailed analysis of surgically treated hand trauma patients in a regional German trauma centre.PloS one · 2023Article
- Lockdown imposition due to COVID-19 and its effect on orthopedic emergency department in level 1 trauma center in South Asia.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2022Article
- Decreases in pediatric fractures during the COVID-19 pandemic - a nationwide epidemiological cohort study.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Emergency trauma care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study of nurses' experiences.International emergency nursing · 2022Article
- Has the time to reinstate elective orthopedic procedures come?Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021Article
- Is performing joint arthroplasty surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic safe?: A retrospective, cohort analysis from a tertiary centre in NCR, Delhi, India.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021Article
- Pooling of neglected and delayed trauma patients - Consequences of 'lockdown' and 'Unlock' phases of COVID-19 pandemic- A retrospective cohort analysis from a tertiary centre.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Orthopedic Surgery: A Nationwide Analysis of the First Pandemic Year.Cureus · 2021Article
- Resilience Against COVID-19: How Italy Faced the Pandemic in Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeIn an observational study, we studied the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on our clinical practice of trauma and orthopaedics, in tertiary care hospital of New Delhi.
methodsWe collated the hospital data for 2019 and 2020 and analyzed and compared it extensively. We looked for the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on several important clinical practice parameters like outpatient attendance, inpatients admissions, and surgery. The correlation of the number of surgeries done during the pandemic time was done with the number of positive cases in Delhi, monthwise. A trend of recovery was also observed.
resultsDuring the pandemic period, the attendance of outpatients fell by 71.93%, admissions by 59.35%, and surgery by 55.78%. Adult trauma surgery was the least affected (42.21%), followed by arthroscopic surgery (49.81%). Fragility hip fractures requiring bipolar hip arthroplasty were reduced by 34.15%. The maximum adverse impact of the pandemic was seen on arthroplasty surgery (hip > knee), followed by on the paediatric orthopaedic cases, and spinal surgery. We notice a "lazy V-shaped" recovery after the lockdown period.
conclusionCOVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on all aspects of orthopaedics and trauma's clinical practice in our setup. These adverse effects were maximally seen during the lockdown period, with a reduction of 90.77% in the outpatients, 84.63% in the admissions, and 86.67% in the surgery.
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