The impact of public health lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of children's orthopedic injuries requiring operative intervention
CONCLUSION: Provincial lockdown measures designed to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2 significantly altered the volume and demographic characteristics of pediatric orthopedic injuries that required operative management. The findings from this study will serve to inform health system planning for future emergency lockdowns.PMID:38320778 | PMC:PMC10852194 | DOI:10.1503/cjs.002723
Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Magdalena Tarchala Catharine S Bradley Samuel Grant Yashvi Verma Mark Camp Clyde Matava Simon P Kelley Source Type: research
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