The impact of first and second wave of COVID-19 on knee and hip surgeries in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the impact of COVID-19 in Sweden on rates of knee and hip surgeries.

Methods

We used healthcare data for the population of the southernmost region in Sweden (1.4 million inhabitants). We did an interrupted time-series analysis to estimate changes in rates and trends of joint replacements (JR), arthroscopies, and fracture surgeries for knee or hip in April-December 2020 compared to pre-COVID-19 levels adjusting for seasonal variations.

Results

We found a drop of 54% (95% CI 42%; 68%) and 42% (95% CI 32%; 52%), respectively, in the rate of JRs and arthroscopies in April 2020 when compared to the counterfactual scenario. This was followed by an increase that brought the rates of JRs and arthroscopies back to their predicted levels also during the b

SUBMITTER: Dell'Isola A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8363236 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature