Management highlights for patients with orthopedic trauma during the epidemic of COVID-19 / 中华创伤骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

Although the epidemic outbreak of Corona Virus Disease 2019(COVID-19) restricted free coming and going of people, it was inevitable that fracture patients, elderly ones with low-energy fracture in particular, sought medical attention. In this special situation, it was crucial for trauma orthopaedists to do well in prevention and control of COVID-19 infection and in perioperative management of their patients as well while they went on with routine diagnosis and treatment. It was also of great significance for prognosis of the patients and prevention and control of the epidemic that orthopaedic surgeons chose proper surgical and anesthesia methods. In the process of diagnosis, treatment, nursing and rehabilitation, medical staff too was challenged by how to prevent themselves from infection and how to eliminate cluster COVID-19 transmission. This paper, from the perspectives of orthopedic surgeons, nurses and patients, expounds briefly on the management of patients with orthopedic trauma during the epidemic period of COVID-19 in a mode of multidisciplinary comprehensive interventions.