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The Epidemiology of Hip and Knee Primary and Revision Arthroplasties during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Krystian KazubskiŁukasz TomczykBartosz KopczyńskiSamuel D Pettersson
Published in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic in these two hospitals in Poland led to reduced numbers of hip and knee replacement procedures, shorter hospital stays, and a decreased female-to-male patient ratio. The mean age of patients undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty remained unchanged during the national lockdown with respect to the pre-pandemic figure.
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