Evaluating and Treating Foot and Ankle Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The fear of becoming infected with the SARS-Cov-2 virus, and developing COVID-19, has driven many of us to seriously consider which patients need to be seen in the office. In our practice, we are following our health system's guidelines so we restricted office visits to only those patients with urgent or emergent conditions, including those with wounds and injuries, infections, and other acutely painful, “limb-threatening” conditions. Because my schedule has been booked solid for many weeks in advance, I have taken to inspecting the upcoming appointments at least a week prior to the scheduled visits, so that I can review the progress notes for some patients and decide who should or should not be seen.
Source: Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research