ArticleCureus2021
Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Orthopedic Surgery: A Nationwide Analysis of the First Pandemic Year.
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- Inequities in mortality and potential years of life lost (PYLL) in greater Santiago, Chile, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Clinical Trends and Outcomes in Technology-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluating the impact of work from home policies on Google search Trends related to ankle surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Article
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- Application of Virtual Reality Systems in Bone Trauma Procedures.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
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- The Persistent Backlog of Knee and Shoulder Orthopedic Sport Surgery Case Volume Following the COVID-19 Pandemic.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2023Article
- Global Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Orthopedics and the Implications of Telemedicine: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
Purpose To analyze the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak during the first pandemic year in a single country. Methods A cross-sectional study was designed. The free access database of the Chilean Department of Statistics and Health Information (DEIS) was used to compare the number of orthopedic procedures between 2019 and 2020. Country mobility was exported from the Institute of Complex Engineering Systems (ISCI) free-access database; this corresponds to a direct measurement of the degree of confinement of the country. Spearman correlation (rho) was used to analyze the total monthly COVID infection trend and mobility to orthopedics procedures. Results The number of orthopedic surgeries fell by 22.8% during the first year of the pandemic. All surgical procedures were adversely affected, with the fracture/trauma surgeries being the least affected. The maximum adverse impact was seen in knee arthroplasty (-64%), followed by hip arthroplasty (-41%) and knee ligament reconstruction (-44%). The number of orthopedic procedures had a mild correlation to the monthly number of COVID-19 cases (rho=-0.53, p=0.08) and a strong correlation with the country's mobility (rho=0.94, p=0.0001). Conclusions The COVID-19 outbreak diminished the number of orthopedic procedures during 2020, and the impact was directly correlated to the country's mobility. The public health network did have a more significant adverse impact in elective surgeries due to a slower recovery than private institutions. An increase in the waiting list should be expected, which will widen the difference in access to orthopedic surgery in Chile.
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