Impact of COVID-19 on acute trauma and orthopaedic referrals and surgery in the UK during the first wave of the pandemic: a multicentre observational study from the COVid Emergency-Related Trauma and orthopaedics (COVERT) Collaborative.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This is the first British multicentre study observing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic trauma with respect to referrals, operative caseload and mortality during its peak.

Design

A longitudinal, multicentre, retrospective, observational, cohort study was conducted during the peak 6 weeks of the first wave from 17 March 2020 compared with the same period in 2019.

Setting

Hospitals from six major urban cities were recruited around the UK, including London.

Participants

A total of 4840 clinical encounters were initially recorded. 4668 clinical encounters were analysed post-exclusion.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Primary outcomes included the number of acute trauma referrals and those undergoing operative intervention, mo

SUBMITTER: Sugand K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8771810 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature