Open AccessLow 30-day mortality in South African orthopaedic patients undergoing surgery at an academic hospital during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: It was safe to perform orthopaedic procedures at our hospital during the first COVID-19 peak
Author(s) -
R. M. Waters,
Roopam Dey,
Maritz Laubscher,
Robert Dunn,
Sithombo Maqungo,
Graham McCollum,
M Nortje,
Stephen Roche,
Thomas L. Hilton,
W Mugla,
Michael Held
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2021.v111i8.15766
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , observational study , pandemic , orthopedic surgery , prospective cohort study , surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Initial local and global evidence suggests that SARS-CoV-2-infected patients who undergo surgery, and those who become infected perioperatively, have an increased mortality risk post surgery.