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Bone & Joint Open

General Orthopaedics
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Bone & Joint Open
Vol. 1, Issue 6 | Pages 309 - 315
23 Jun 2020
Mueller M Boettner F Karczewski D Janz V Felix S Kramer A Wassilew GI

Aims

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is directly impacting the field of orthopaedic surgery and traumatology with postponed operations, changed status of planned elective surgeries and acute emergencies in patients with unknown infection status. To this point, Germany's COVID-19 infection numbers and death rate have been lower than those of many other nations.

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This article summarizes the current regimen used in the field of orthopaedics in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. Internal university clinic guidelines, latest research results, expert consensus, and clinical experiences were combined in this article guideline.