Mortality in COVID-19 patients after proximal femur fracture surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 infection first emerged in December 2019 in China and has since rapidly spread to become a worldwide pandemic. Orthopaedic surgery suffered a significant decline in the volume of surgical cases, while the orthopaedic trauma services maintained or increased the activity. Emergency operations for proximal femur fractures (PFF) in the elderly population assumed levels comparable to before the pandemic, with the 1-year mortality rate ranging from 14% to 36%.

Aims

To determine whether patients with PFF affected by COVID-19 have a higher risk of postoperative mortality through a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and BMC were searched from January 2020 to January 2021 to identify original studies reporting the mor

SUBMITTER: Freitas T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10333983 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature