Abstract:Highlights
There are yet any evidence regarding the effects of carrying out an emergency surgery on increasing the risk of COVID-19 spread and benefits delaying emergency surgery.
Emergency orthopaedic surgery was not associated with increased COVID-19 cases.
We suggest performing PCR-RT swab examination for etiological diagnosis in pre-operative settings in future studies.
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