ArticleCureus2021
The Management of Wrist Fractures During COVID-19: A Preliminary Report.
Article in Cureus, 2021. 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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- Lasting Shifts in Musculoskeletal Injuries Across Pre-, During-, and Post-Pandemic Periods: A Propensity Score-Matched Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Outcome Analysis of Adult Distal Radius Fractures Managed during COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2023Article
- A New Normal: Trends of Upper Extremity Orthopaedic Injuries Nationwide During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cureus · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in the need for the virtual follow-up of patients. These innovations in clinical care have helped to reduce hospital attendance of patients and the spread of the virus. Injuries such as wrist fractures that are non-obligatory are increasingly being followed up virtually. This paper compares the early experience of management of wrist fractures in a District General Hospital in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown with a similar period before. Methods A retrospective study of the management and clinical follow-up of all skeletally mature patients seen in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department with a radiologically confirmed distal radius fracture after imposition of COVID-19 lockdown measures in the United Kingdom (between March 23, 2020 and May 24, 2020), and comparison with a control group of patients with distal radius fractures seen within a similar time frame the previous year (March 23, 2019 to May 24, 2019). Results During the COVID-19 lockdown, a total of 39 skeletally mature patients (85% females; average age of 70.4
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