The impact of COVID-19 in total hip arthroplasty: a comparison study in a center without elective surgery protocols
COVID-19 pandemic led to younger THA patients, changes in etiologies, longer pre-operative LOS, but no difference in mortality, complications, anesthesia time or transfusion needs. Further research is needed to better understand the impact of the pandemic on elective orthopedic surgeries.
Authors
- Mehdi Boroujerdi
- Mohammadreza Golbakhsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9489-7044)
- Parmida Shahbazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3153-6153)
- Seyyed Hossein Shafiei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4668-0000)
- Ali Asghar Okhovat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9286-4943)
- Mohammad Soleimani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3149-3544)
- Mobina Taghva Nakhjiri
- Tina Azimzadeh
Institutions
- Imam Khomeini Hospital (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-09240-4
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00