COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery

Mercier, Michael R. and Galivanche, Anoop R. and Brand, Jordan P. and Pathak, Neil and Medvecky, Michael J. and Varthi, Arya G. and Rubin, Lee E. and Grauer, Jonathan N. and Blank, Robert Daniel (2021) COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery. PLOS ONE, 16 (12). e0262115. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

Ankle fractures have continued to occur through the COVID pandemic and, regardless of patient COVID status, often need operative intervention for optimizing long-term outcomes. For healthcare optimization, patient counseling, and care planning, understanding if COVID-positive patients undergoing ankle fracture surgery are at increased risk for perioperative adverse outcomes is of interest.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	European Repository > Medical Science
Depositing User:	Managing Editor
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2022 10:21
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2023 11:12
URI:	http://go7publish.com/id/eprint/607

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