Decreased Case Volume for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellows During the Early Stages of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Autor: Edward J. Testa, J. Alex Albright, Michael Kutschke, Sydney Dacey, Brian McCrae, Ozair Meghani, Brett D. Owens
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation. 4:e1347-e1352
ISSN: 2666-061X
DOI: 10.1016/j.asmr.2022.04.019
Popis: To compare the surgical case volume for orthopaedic sports medicine fellows in the most recent classes with one another and in years preceding the pandemic.The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education case log reports of key procedures for orthopaedic sports medicine fellows during academic years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021 were extracted. Comparisons between these years in adult, pediatric, and total case volumes were performed using a 2-sampleThere was a significant decrease in the total number of cases completed by fellows during the 2020 academic year (Orthopaedic sports medicine fellows experienced significant decreases in volume for several key case categories between the year preceding the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and the first academic year during the pandemic. There were subsequent increases in cases between the first year of the pandemic and the second year, which may be associated with resuming elective surgical cases.IV, retrospective database analysis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE