Knee Surgery during the COVID-19 Lockdown-Experiences of a Level-One Trauma Center in Germany.
Matthias KochDaniel PoppViola FreigangBorys FrankewyczKatja HierlPeter AngeleVolker AltMichael WorlicekPublished in: BioMed research international (2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic had a high impact on emergency and elective knee surgery in a level-one trauma center in Germany during the lockdown phase. It also showed that a level-one trauma center in the German healthcare system is able to handle urgent trauma and orthopedic operations during a worldwide medical crisis and to return to a prepandemic level within a short phase.