Unintended consequences of COVID-19 safety measures on patients with chronic knee pain forced to defer joint replacement surgery

Abstract. In recent months, with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American College of Surgeons and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially recommended the delay of nonemergency procedures until the public health crisis is resolved. Deferring elective joint replaceme...

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Main Authors: Alvaro F. Cisternas, Roshni Ramachandran, Tony L. Yaksh, Alexis Nahama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-12-01
Series:PAIN Reports
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000855