2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2022.01.024
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Incidence of Symptomatic COVID-19 in Unvaccinated Patients Within One Month After Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Multicenter Study

Abstract: Background The safety of continuing Total Joint Arthroplasty (TJA), as an elective procedure, during the pandemic is controversial. The present study aimed to investigate the incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 and its related risk factors in unvaccinated patients after TJA within one month post-discharge in two large cities of our country. Methods The present prospective study included all the patients admitted to three hospitals, located in two high-populated cities of … Show more

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“…Studies on knee arthroplasty were more frequent [ 22 ], followed by hip and knee [ 17 ] and hip arthroplasty [ 12 ]. The Journal of Arthroplasty contributed the greatest number of papers [ 16 ], followed by the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [ 6 ], Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research [ 5 ], and Bone and Joint Journal [ 5 ].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Studies on knee arthroplasty were more frequent [ 22 ], followed by hip and knee [ 17 ] and hip arthroplasty [ 12 ]. The Journal of Arthroplasty contributed the greatest number of papers [ 16 ], followed by the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [ 6 ], Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research [ 5 ], and Bone and Joint Journal [ 5 ].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Joint arthroplasty is one of the most common elective surgical procedures globally, and the volume of primary and revision total joint arthroplasty (TJA) has skyrocketed in recent decades. It is important to know the implications of the rapid increase of joint arthroplasty volume for current research in this area [ [6] , [7] , [8] ]. The joint arthroplasty literature is an ever-expanding field with a considerable number of published studies and active researchers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We previously reported the incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 in unvaccinated patients who underwent elective TJA within one month of discharge in our country (April 2020–April 2021) [ 23 ]. COVID-19 occurred in 2.4% of patients within one month of TJA discharge, similar to the 1.8% infection rate among elective and urgent THA patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“… 1 , 2 COVID-19 started its devastating trajectory into a global pandemic in Wuhan, China. 3 5 COVID-19 spread rapidly around the world. Globally, as of 28 March 2022, more than 480 million confirmed cases and 6.1 million deaths due to COVID-19 were reported to the WHO.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%