Patients with Omicron variant infection can safely undergo elective orthopedic surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Yinsong Sun,
Mingfei Dong,
Junyi Liao
et al.
Abstract:Background
COVID-19 is believed to be associated with significantly increased risks of morbidity and mortality. However, there are lack of reports on how infection with the COVID-19 Omicron variant affects the perioperative prognosis. Therefore, this study sought to find out perioperative differences in laboratory test results and complications between orthopedic surgery patients who were COVID-19 positive and negative at admission, to explore whether patients infected with the Omicron variant need to delay t… Show more
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