Impact of COVID-19 on orthopaedic care: a call for nonoperative management.
Mark R PhillipsYaping ChangRobert D ZuraSamir MehtaPeter V GiannoudisPeter A NolteMohit BhandariPublished in: Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease (2020)
Global guidance from major medical associations are in agreement that elective surgical procedures require postponement in order to minimize the risk of COVID-19 spread, as well as increase available hospital resources for managing the influx of COVID-19 patients. It is imperative that clinicians and patients consider non-operative, conservative treatment options in order to manage conditions and symptoms until surgical management options become available again, and to manage the increased surgical waitlists caused by the elective surgery shutdowns.
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