Hip Fracture Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to introduce a screening system for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), to evaluate the overall orthopedic management in hip fracture patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, and to compare the surgical results in hip fracture patients during the COVID-19 pandemic with those of the previous year.

Methods

Hip fracture patients who visited emergency rooms were screened at the screening clinics before admission. The medical management was carried out with the medical staff wearing surgical masks, meticulous hand hygiene observed, and a minimum distance of 2 m between patients maintained. The demographics, operative parameters, and surgical results of patients treated during the pandemic were compared with those from the pre

SUBMITTER: Chung JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8609206 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature