biostudies-literatureGitajn ILNIAMS NIH HHSe213460https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8727030biostudies-literatureUnknown2(10)<h4>Importance</h4>In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospital systems were forced to reduce operating room capacity and reallocate resources. 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JEfalseAssociation of COVID-19 With Achieving Time-to-Surgery Benchmarks in Patients With Musculoskeletal Trauma.<h4>Importance</h4>In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospital systems were forced to reduce operating room capacity and reallocate resources. The outcomes of these policies on the care of injured patients and the maintenance of emergency services have not been adequately reported.<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate whether the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with delays in urgent fracture surgery beyond national time-to-surgery benchmarks.<h4>Design setting and participants</h4>This retrospective cohort study used data collected in the Program of Randomized Trials to Evaluate Preoperative Antiseptic Skin Solutions in Orthopaedic Trauma among at 20 sites throughout the US and Canada and included patients who sustained open fractures or closed femur or hip fractures.<h4>Exposure</h4>COVI2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Oct2026-05-09T07:22:16.448Z2022-02-11T15:57:49.767ZS-EPMC87270303597716010.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3460