Open AccessHip Fracture Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea
Author(s) -
Jin-Won Chung,
YongChan Ha,
Mi-Kyung Lee,
Jin-Hak Kim,
Jung-Wee Park,
KyungHoi Koo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinics in orthopedic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2005-4408
pISSN - 2005-291X
DOI - 10.4055/cios21123
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , pandemic , orthopedic surgery , covid-19 , pneumonia , emergency department , emergency medicine , surgery , disease , osteoporosis , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychiatry
The purpose of this study was to introduce a screening system for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), to evaluate the overall orthopedic management in hip fracture patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, and to compare the surgical results in hip fracture patients during the COVID-19 pandemic with those of the previous year.