IMPACT OF MEASURES TO FIGHT THE PANDEMIC COVID-19 ON KNEE ARTHROPLASTIES IN BRAZIL

To assess the impacts of measures to face COVID-19 on total knee arthroplasty procedures in the country, based on data provided by the SUS Information and Informatics Department (DATASUS). Cross-sectional study of secondary data in the public domain, available on the website of the Department of Inf...

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Published inActa ortopedica brasileira Vol. 30; no. 4; p. e256089
Main Authors Pereira, André Miranda, Scopel, Fábio Favarato, Oliveira, Saulo Gomes DE, Almeida, Gustavo Dalla Bernardina DE, Moura, Cid Pereira DE
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Brazil ATHA EDITORA 01.01.2022
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ORTHOPEDICS
Knee. Orthopedic Procedures
Replacement
COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2. Pandemics. Arthroplasty
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Pandemias
Artroplastia do Joelho
Procedimentos Ortopédicos
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Summary:To assess the impacts of measures to face COVID-19 on total knee arthroplasty procedures in the country, based on data provided by the SUS Information and Informatics Department (DATASUS). Cross-sectional study of secondary data in the public domain, available on the website of the Department of Information and Informatics of SUS (DATASUS), containing information about hospital admissions in the SUS. Brazil suffered a 51.82% decrease, on average, in the performance of total knee arthroplasty by the Unified Health System (SUS) in 2020, due to measures to face COVID-19. The analysis by region offers more details on this reduction in the number of procedures. In the Northeast, the decrease was on average 48.02%, whereas in the Center-West it was 65.61%. Southeast, North, and South registered an average decrease of 49.38%, 51.81%, and 55.06%, respectively. COVID-19 impacted the realization of TKA in Brazil, with greater and lesser levels of decline observed in different Brazilian regions. In the Southeast region, for example, the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais were the most affected, mainly due to the large population concentration, as well as Paraná, which has high numbers of procedures and a sharp decrease in 2020.
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AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTIONS: : Each author contributed individually and significantly to the development of this article. AMP: data collection, literature review, statistical analysis, and writing of the article; FFS: data collection, literature review, and writing of the article; SGO: data collection, bibliographic review, and preparation of the final project; GDBA: critical review of the article and preparation of the final project; CPMJ: data analysis and the entire intellectual concept of the article.
All authors declare no potential conflict of interest related to this article.
ISSN:1413-7852
1809-4406
1809-4406
DOI:10.1590/1413-785220223004e256089