Re-starting elective orthopaedic services in NHS Tayside during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elective orthopaedic operations were suspended at the start of the COVID-19 lockdown. Three pathways were created to allow patients to undergo urgent elective operations in NHS Tayside as soon as it was deemed safe to do so.

Methods

We examined elective orthopaedic activity in NHS Tayside during and immediately after the Scottish lockdown. Elective operations performed between 27 March 2020 and 10 August 2020 were included and compared with cases performed between 27 March and 10 August in both 2018 and 2019. Primary outcomes were 30-day mortality, 30-day complications, and nosocomial infection rates of COVID-19.

Findings

Fewer elective operations were performed in 2020 (258) compared with 2019 (1196) and 2018 (1261). The rate of nosocomial infection in the

SUBMITTER: Davies PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7676371 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature