Open AccessWhat was the Prevalence of COVID-19 in Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery in One Large United States City Mid-pandemic?
Author(s) -
Michael Gutman,
Mira C. Patel,
Christina Vannello,
Mark D. Lazarus,
Javad Parvızı,
Alexander R. Vaccaro,
Suremdari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001697
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , orthopedic surgery , pandemic , specialty , ambulatory , covid-19 , health care , emergency medicine , surgery , general surgery , disease , family medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
Many patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are asymptomatic. The prevalence of COVID-19 in orthopaedic populations will vary depending on the time and place where the sampling is performed. The idea that asymptomatic carriers play a role is generalizable but has not been studied in large populations of patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery. We therefore evaluated this topic in one large, metropolitan city in a state that had the ninth-most infections in the United States at the time this study was completed (June 2020). This work was based on a screening and testing protocol that required all patients to be tested for COVID-19 preoperatively.