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ArticleSurgery journal (New York, N.Y.)2022

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Injury Patterns in Inpatient and Outpatient Orthopaedic Trauma.

Thomas Gatt, Sharon Zammit, Kurt L Chircop, Denise Gatt, Luke Sultana, Terence Micallef, Adriana Grech, Ivan Esposito

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Article in Surgery journal (New York, N.Y.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas GattDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Mater Dei Hospital, L-Imsida, Malta.ORCID 0000-0002-2331-9220
Sharon ZammitDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Mater Dei Hospital, L-Imsida, Malta.
Kurt L ChircopDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Mater Dei Hospital, L-Imsida, Malta.
Denise GattDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Mater Dei Hospital, L-Imsida, Malta.
Luke SultanaDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Mater Dei Hospital, L-Imsida, Malta.
Terence MicallefDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Mater Dei Hospital, L-Imsida, Malta.
Adriana GrechDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Mater Dei Hospital, L-Imsida, Malta.
Ivan EspositoDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Mater Dei Hospital, L-Imsida, Malta.
Mater Dei Hospital · MT

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Abstract

The effect of banning of nonessential services during the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a perceived change in the volume of trauma cases and injury patterns. Literature indicates trends toward less trauma overall, with a decrease in outdoor, sporting, and motor vehicle injuries. However, studies focusing on outpatient orthopaedic trauma are less common. The main aim of this study was to assess the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on differences in inpatient and outpatient injury patterns and mechanisms. Patients requiring orthopaedic inpatient admission to Mater Dei Hospital, Malta, were analyzed between March 15 and June 17 between 2019 and 2021. For outpatients, all newly referred patients seen at the fresh trauma clinic (FTC) on the first 5 clinic days of each month from April to June between 2019 and 2021 were assessed. There were a total of 503, 362, and 603 hospital admissions during the data collection period from 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively. There was a decrease in elbow (

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