The Italian Covid-19 Phase 2 in Piacenza: results of the first semester of 2020 and future prospective of new orthopedics surgical procedures

摘要

During the pandemic, Piacenza’s Orthopedic and Traumatology Department firstly dealt with the emergency with the complete closure of all the elective surgical and outpatient activities. As general population, also healthcare workers were affected by Coronavirus, increasing difficulties of epidemic management. The aim of our study is to evaluate the activity trend of the first six months of 2020 in our hospital. Data will be compared to the two semesters of 2019, in order to have two objective samples.