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Bone & Joint Open
Vol. 1, Issue 6 | Pages 281 - 286
19 Jun 2020
Zahra W Karia M Rolton D

Aims

The aim of this paper is to describe the impact of COVID-19 on spine surgery services in a district general hospital in England in order to understand the spinal service provisions that may be required during a pandemic.

Methods

A prospective cohort study was undertaken between 17 March 2020 and 30 April 2020 and compared with retrospective data from same time period in 2019. We compared the number of patients requiring acute hospital admission or orthopaedic referrals and indications of referrals from our admission sheets and obtained operative data from our theatre software.


The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 101-B, Issue 12 | Pages 1570 - 1577
1 Dec 2019
Brock JL Jain N Phillips FM Malik AT Khan SN

Aims

The aim of this study was to characterize the relationship between pre- and postoperative opioid use among patients undergoing common elective orthopaedic procedures

Patients and Methods

Pre- and postoperative opioid use were studied among patients from a national insurance database undergoing seven common orthopaedic procedures using univariate log-rank tests and multivariate Cox proportional hazards analyses.