The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on several aspects of global healthcare
systems, particularly surgical services. New guidelines, resource scarcity, and an ever …

Background Transportation problems are known barriers to health care and can result in late
arrivals and delayed or missed care. Groups already prone to greater social and economic …

Simple Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the entire healthcare
system, resulting in severe restrictions of nonemergency clinical services, as well as in the …

Purpose To investigate the impact of COVID-19 in Sweden on rates of knee and hip
surgeries. Methods We used healthcare data for the population of the southernmost region …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic drove many healthcare
systems worldwide to postpone elective surgery to increase healthcare capacity, manpower …

Background Clinical guidelines recommend shared decision-making for treatment of
peripheral artery disease (PAD), which requires understanding of patient perspectives and …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the physical and psychological effects of
COVID-related elective surgery delays on young sports medicine patients. Methods We …

Background The burden of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a reduction of available
health care capacity for regular care. To guide prioritisation of semielective surgery in times …

The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has imposed a multitude of complications on
healthcare facilities. Healthcare professionals had to develop creative solutions to deal with …

Objective This study aims to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 and the current situation for
cleft lip/palate treatment surgeries within Brazil's public health system. Design Our …