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Bone & Joint Open
Vol. 1, Issue 9 | Pages 541 - 548
8 Sep 2020
Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on orthopaedic trauma: a multicentre study across Scotland
MacDonald DRW Neilly DW Davies PSE Crome CR Jamal B Gill SL Jariwala AC Stevenson IM Ashcroft GP
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Aims

The UK government declared a national lockdown on 23 March 2020 to reduce transmission of COVID-19. This study aims to identify the effect of lockdown on the rates, types, mechanisms, and mortality of musculoskeletal trauma across Scotland.

Methods

Data for all musculoskeletal trauma requiring operative treatment were collected prospectively from five key orthopaedic units across Scotland during lockdown (23 March 2020 to 28 May 2020). This was compared with data for the same timeframe in 2019 and 2018. Data collected included all cases requiring surgery, injury type, mechanism of injury, and inpatient mortality.