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Table 1 Orthopedics surgery activities performed before and during COVID-19, when was recommended to perform only urgent or emergent cases

From: COVID-19 strategy in organizing and planning orthopedic surgery in a major orthopedic referral center in an area of Italy severely affected by the pandemic: experience of the Department of Orthopedics, University of Padova

 

Before COVID-19

During COVID-19

Trauma surgery

Yes

Yes

 Fractures

Yes

Yes

 Muscle-tendon injuries and sport traumas

Yes

No

Elective surgeries

Yes

No

 Total hip arthroplasties

Yes

No

 Total knee arthroplasties

Yes

No

 Total shoulder arthroplasties

Yes

No

 Shoulder recon and arthroscopies

Yes

No

 Hip and knee arthroscopies

Yes

No

 All other elective procedures

Yes

No

Musculoskeletal tumors

Yes

Yes

 Malignant

Yes

Yes

 Metastases

Yes

Pathologic and impending fractures

 Benign

Yes

Selected cases (e.g., pathologic fractures)