[HTML][HTML] Does the COVID-19 personal protective equipment impair the surgeon's performance?

JP Kolb, A Hättich, A Strahl, T Rolvien… - Archives of Orthopaedic …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Despite increasing vaccination rates, new viral variants of SARS-CoV-2 (severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2) are advancing the COVID 19 (coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of personal protective equipment on surgical performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

C Yánez Benítez, A Güemes, J Aranda, M Ribeiro… - World Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 pandemic has
exposed surgeons to hazardous working conditions, imposing the need for personal …

Impact of Personal Protective Equipment on Surgeon's Performance during COVID-19 crisis: Qualitative exploration of challenges and solutions

A Saeed, M Dastgir, T Waseem, Z Zafar… - Archives of Surgical …, 2020 - archivessr.com
BACKGROUND: The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 pandemic has
exposed surgeons to hazardous working conditions, imposing the need for personal …

Perioperative considerations in urgent surgical care of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 orthopaedic patients: operating room protocols and recommendations in …

ME Awad, JCL Rumley, JA Vazquez… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Abstract By April 7, 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was responsible
for 1,383,436 confirmed cases of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), involving 209 …

[HTML][HTML] Perioperative considerations in urgent surgical care of suspected and confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 orthopaedic patients: operating room protocols …

ME Awad, JCL Rumley, JA Vazquez… - The Journal of the …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract By April 7, 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was responsible
for 1,383,436 confirmed cases of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), involving 209 …

Reusing personal protective equipment (PPE) did not increase surgical site infection in trauma surgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective cohort …

E Gorgas, H Klepacz, S Dowling, R Ramcharan… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Reuse of personal protective equipment (PPE), masks more specifically, during
the COVID-19 pandemic was common. The primary objective of this study was to compare …

Preparing to perform trauma and orthopaedic surgery on patients with COVID-19

R Rodrigues-Pinto, R Sousa, A Oliveira - JBJS, 2020 - journals.lww.com
In December 2019, a pneumonia of unknown cause was recognized in Wuhan, the
PeopleLs Republic of China1. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of …

Personal protective equipment against COVID-19: Vital for surgeons, harmful for patients?

M Frountzas, C Nikolaou… - … Journal of Surgery, 2021 - americanjournalofsurgery.com
In the beginning of 2020, the world scientific community faced the novel coronavirus SARS-
CoV-2 or COVID-19, which presented a mortality of 0.25 e3% and an Intensive Care Unit …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 infection is related to differences in the use of personal protective equipment by orthopaedic specialist trainees caring for hip fracture patients …

S Mastan, RA Malik, CP Charalambous… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Personal protective equipment (PPE) may protect health-care workers from
COVID-19 infection and limit nosocomial spread to vulnerable hip fracture patients. Methods …

Virus transmission during orthopedic surgery on patients with COVID-19–a brief narrative review

T Basso, H Dale, H Langvatn, G Lønne… - Acta …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background and purpose—COVID-19 is among the most impactful pandemics that the
society has experienced. Orthopedic surgery involves procedures generating droplets and …