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Timing And Outcomes Of Hip Fracture Surgery During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Sherrie Wang, Makenzie Chambers, Kelsey Martin, Pietro M. Gentile, Rock Hwang, Rakesh Mashru, Kenneth Graf, Henry Dolch
Timing And Outcomes Of Hip Fracture Surgery During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Sherrie Wang, Makenzie Chambers, Kelsey Martin, Pietro M. Gentile, Rock Hwang, Rakesh Mashru, Kenneth Graf, Henry Dolch
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Introduction: The effects of delayed surgical repair for traumatic hip fractures have been widely discussed in the literature, and there exists a strong association between surgical timing and patient outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic placed a significant burden on health care systems throughout the world, with hospitals reallocating both human and physical resources to care for the critically ill. The purpose of this study is to investigate if the strain placed on hospital systems by COVID-19 and the changes to hospital operational models negatively impacted time to surgery, as well as morbidity and mortality rates of hip fractures.
Methods: A retrospective …