COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ankle fractures have continued to occur through the COVID pandemic and, regardless of patient COVID status, often need operative intervention for optimizing long-term outcomes. For healthcare optimization, patient counseling, and care planning, understanding if COVID-positive patients undergoing ankle fracture surgery are at increased risk for perioperative adverse outcomes is of interest.

Methods

The COVID-19 Research Database contains recent United States aggregated insurance claims. Patients who underwent ankle fracture surgery from April 1st, 2020 to June 15th, 2020 were identified. COVID status was identified by ICD coding. Demographics, comorbidities, and postoperative complications were extracted based on administrative data. COVID-positive versus negativ

SUBMITTER: Mercier MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8719674 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature