Collateral effect of COVID-19 on orthopedic and trauma surgery.

Thomas Martin RandauMax JaenischHenryk HafferFriederike SchömigAdnan KasapovicKatharina OlejniczakJohannes FlechtenmacherCarsten PerkaDieter C WirtzMatthias Pumberger
Published in: PloS one (2020)
Political and financial support can now be applied more focused to subgroups in the field of orthopedics and trauma surgery with an increased demand for support. A special emphasis should be set on the support of self-employed surgeons which are a more affected by the shortage of PPE and financial consequences than surgeons working in hospitals.