Effects of COVID-19 lockdown measures on emergency plastic and reconstructive surgery presentations.

Leonardo Z CordovaNicholas SavageRachna RamLisa J EllisVicky TobinWarren Matthew Rozen Marc Adam Seifman

Published in: ANZ journal of surgery (2021)

Despite changes in the pattern of presentations requiring plastic and reconstructive emergency surgery, traumatic injuries continued to occur during the pandemic. Thus, planning will be essential to ensure resource allocation for emergency procedures is sustained as second and third waves of COVID-19 cases emerge worldwide.

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