The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Orthopedic Trauma Management; A Cross-sectional Study
Vedat Öztürk,
Başar Burak Çakmur,
Ali Can Koluman
et al.
Abstract:Objective: The aim of this study was to compare emergency orthopedic trauma admissions between the pre-and pandemic periods and detect changes in orthopedic trauma epidemiology.Methods: A total of 40,700 patients admitted within 1 year between March 2019 and March 2020 comprised the pre-pandemic group and 16,935 patients admitted between March 2020 and March 2021 comprised the pandemic group. Demographic characteristics of the patients, such as age and gender, were recorded. In addition, the injury mechanisms … Show more
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