Covid-19 impact on femoral fragility fractures treatment: overview and comparison of 4 years of treatment at Geriatric Department of Trauma Clinic of Sestre milosrdnice Clinical Hospital Center

Abstract

Sars-Cov2 virus and Corona pandemic have brought inevitable changes in approach to the patients, especially considering availability of public health care. Emergencies, such as surgical treatment of hip fractures, should not have seen any changes and their treatment should have been the same as in prepandemic period. In this study we reviewed and compared treatment of femoral fragility fractures (FFF) at prepandemic (PP - 2018., 2019.) and pandemic period (P - 2020., 2021.) in our Department in non - Covid patients which surgeons are dedicated to treat FFF on orthogeriatric way. The aim of this study was to compare inhospital management and clinical outcome with minimum follow-up of 6 months after surgical treatment of FFF. Inclusion criteria was