Heaps Braiden M, Ladnier Karen, Haselman William T, Limpisvasti Orr, Banffy Michael B
The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Orthop. 2021 May-Jun;25:151-154. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2021.05.011. Epub 2021 May 6.
The purpose of this study is to report the change in surgical case volume and composition encountered by a multi-subspecialty orthopaedic practice due to COVID-19. We reviewed electronic medical records for patients who had surgery at our institution and collected multiple variables including age and the joint that was operated on. In the post-COVID-19 period, we found a significant increase in the percentage of hip procedures, and a significant decrease in the percentage of hand/wrist procedures. Overall, the total surgical volume of our multi-subspecialty orthopaedic practice decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the composition of surgical cases changed.
本研究的目的是报告因新冠肺炎疫情,一个多专科骨科诊所遇到的手术病例数量和构成的变化。我们回顾了在我们机构接受手术的患者的电子病历,并收集了包括年龄和手术关节在内的多个变量。在新冠肺炎疫情之后的时期,我们发现髋关节手术的百分比显著增加,而手部/腕部手术的百分比显著下降。总体而言,由于新冠肺炎疫情大流行,我们多专科骨科诊所的手术总量下降,手术病例的构成也发生了变化。