ArticleArthroplasty (London, England)2021
Lessons learnt from the impact of COVID-19 on arthroplasty services in Hong Kong: how to prepare for the next pandemic?
Article in Arthroplasty (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed.
- The impact of COVID-19 in total hip arthroplasty: a comparison study in a center without elective surgery protocols.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on hip and knee arthroplasty surgical volume in China.International orthopaedics · 2024Article
- The role of telemedicine in joint replacement surgery? An updated review.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2023Review
- Article
- Milder impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the practice of orthopaedic surgery in Greece and Cyprus than other European countries.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Impact of Covid-19 on the global orthopaedic research output.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundArthroplasty services worldwide have been significantly disrupted by the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This retrospective comparative study aimed to characterize its impact on arthroplasty services in Hong Kong.
methodsFrom January 1 to June 30, 2020, the patients of "COVID-19 cohort" underwent elective total hip or knee replacement in Hong Kong public hospitals. The cohort was compared to the "control cohort" during the same period in 2019. Data analysis was performed to compare the two cohorts' numbers of operations, hospital admission, orthopaedic clinic attendances, and waiting time.
resultsA total of 33,111 patient episodes were analyzed. During the study period, the elective arthroplasty operations and hospitalizations decreased by 53 and 54%, respectively (
conclusionsDespite the challenges, public hospitals in Hong Kong managed to continue providing elective arthroplasty services for high-priority patients. Arthroplasty prioritization, infection control measures, and post-pandemic service planning can enhance hospital preparedness to mitigate the impact of current and future pandemics.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.