Orthopaedic Conservative Treatment in the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic

Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascıoglu Education and Research Hospital Organization

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Proximal Humeral Fracture; Wrist Fracture; Ankle Fractures

Treatments: Procedure: Observation for study group

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04623346

Treatment in the time of Covid

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a one centered retrospective study. Tendency for surgical interventions in the pre-pandemic period was reduced to protect surgical team and patients. The investigators aimed to find out the answer to the following question: will conservative treatment be the shining star in the post pandemic period?

Full description

The researchers compared the treatments performed for fractures during the Covid 19 pandemic period with the treatments performed in the prepandemic period. For this purpose, they tried to measure the effectiveness of the treatments according to clinical scoring by forming 2 groups.

Enrollment: 262 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 85+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with extraarticular distal radius fracture, proximal humerus fracture and Weber type B ankle fracture were treated conservatively during March 11, 2020 and 11 August, 2020

Exclusion criteria

• Surgically treated patients during March 11, 2020 and 11 August, 2020

Trial design

262 participants in 6 patient groups

Weber B-type Ankle fractures in prepandemic period

Description:

Patients with AO Weber B-type ankle fracture in prepandemic period

Weber B-type Ankle fractures in pandemic period

Description:

Patients with AO Weber B-type ankle fracture in pandemic period

Treatment:

Procedure: Observation for study group

Wrist fractures in prepandemic period

Description:

Patients with extraarticular distal radius fracture in prepandemic period

Wrist fractures in pandemic period

Description:

Patients with extraarticular distal radius fracture in pandemic period

Treatment:

Procedure: Observation for study group

Proximal humerus fractures in prepandemic period

Description:

Patients with 2-part,3-part and 4-part fractures in prepandemic period

Proximal humerus fractures in pandemic period

Description:

Patients with 2-part,3-part and 4-part fractures in pandemic period

Treatment:

Procedure: Observation for study group