Effect of COVID-19 on Orthopaedic Trauma Admissions and Operating in a London District General Hospital.

 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has presented orthopaedic departments around the world with unprecedented challenges across all aspects of health care service delivery. This study explores the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on trauma admissions and trauma theater utilization at a London District General Hospital.  Data was collected retrospectively from electronic patient records for 4 weeks from the initiation of two lockdown periods beginning March 16, 2020 and December 23, 2020.

Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty provides excellent long-term survivorship and function in patients with a good-sized femoral head : results of a single, non-designer surgeon's cohort.

Aims: To establish the survivorship, function, and metal ion levels in an unselected series of metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasties (HRAs) performed by a non-designer surgeon.

Methods: We reviewed 105 consecutive HRAs in 83 patients, performed by a single surgeon, at a mean follow-up of 14.9 years (9.

Trauma Care in Nigeria: Time for an Integrated Trauma System.

Traumatic injuries are a global health problem. Most first world countries have developed comprehensive trauma systems to provide optimal care for injured patients. A trauma system is a coordinated effort in a defined geographic area that attempts to deliver trauma care to all injured patients and is usually integrated with the local public health system.