COVID-19: not a contraindication for surgery in patients with proximal femur fragility fractures

J Orthop Surg Res. 2020 Jul 28;15(1):285. doi: 10.1186/s13018-020-01800-9.

Ilaria Morelli¹, Francesco Luceri², Riccardo Giorgino¹, Riccardo Accetta³, Paolo Perazzo⁴, Laura Mangiavini^{2

5}, Nicola Maffulli^{6

7

8}, Giuseppe M Peretti^{2

5}

¹ Residency Program in Orthopaedic and Traumatology, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy.
² Equipe of Regenerative and Reconstructive Orthopaedics (EUORR) Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milano, Italy.
³ Trauma Unit and Emergency Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milano, Italy.
⁴ Anesthesiology Service and Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milano, Italy.
⁵ Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081, Baronissi, (SA), Italy. n.maffulli@qmul.ac.uk.
⁷ Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Mile End Hospital, Queen Mary University of London, 275 Bancroft Road, London, E1 4DG, UK. n.maffulli@qmul.ac.uk.
⁸ School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University School of Medicine, Thornburrow Drive, Stoke on Trent, ST4 7QB, UK. n.maffulli@qmul.ac.uk.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Fragility fractures; Prognosis; Proximal femur fractures; Surgical treatment.

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