The impact of COVID-19 on the orthopaedic patient in Slovenia: Hip and knee replacement surgery, 90-Day mortality, outpatient visits and waiting times

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare of the orthopaedic patient, i.e. numbers of hip and knee replacement surgeries, 90-day mortality, waiting times and outpatient clinic visits.

Keywords

• covid-19
• hip replacements
• knee replacements
• 90-day mortality
• outpatient clinics
• waiting times
• covid-19
• endoproteze kolka
• endoproteze kolena
• smrtnost v 90 dneh
• ambulantna dejavnost
• čakalne dobe