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The aim of this study was to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic\u2014during the Italian lockdown period between 8 March and 4 May 2020\u2014influenced orthopaedic access for traumatic events to the Emergency Department (ER).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A retrospective review of the admission to the emergency room and the discharge of the trauma patients\u2019 records was performed during the period between 8 March and 4 May 2020 (block in Italy), compared to the same period of the previous year (2019). Patients accesses, admissions, days of hospitalisation, frequency, fracture site, number and type of surgery, the time between admission and surgery, days of hospitalisation, and treatment cost according to the diagnosis-related group were collected. Chi-Square and ANOVA test were used to compare the groups.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>No significant statistical difference was found for the number of emergency room visits and orthopaedic hospitalisations (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.53) between the year 2019 (9.5%) and 2020 (10.81%). The total number of surgeries in 2019 was 119, while in 2020, this was just 48 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.48). A significant decrease in the mean cost of orthopaedic hospitalisations was detected in 2020 compared (261.431 euros, equal to \u2212\u200952.07%) relative to the same period in 2019 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.005). Although all the surgical performances have suffered a major decline, the most frequent surgery in 2020 was intramedullary femoral nailing.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We detected a decrease in traumatic occasions during the lockdown period, with a decrease in fractures in each district and a consequent decrease in the diagnosis-related group (DRG).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13018-021-02754-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,15]],"date-time":"2021-10-15T20:10:10Z","timestamp":1634328610000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Comparative study between admission, orthopaedic surgery, and economic trends during Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 pandemic in an Italian tertiary hospital: a retrospective review"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5246-9714","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gianluca","family":"Testa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Sapienza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fabrizia","family":"Rabuazzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Annalisa","family":"Culmone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fabiana","family":"Valenti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"Vescio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vito","family":"Pavone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,15]]},"reference":[{"issue":"Suppl 7","key":"2754_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1414","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2020.05.016","volume":"51","author":"JH Nu\u00f1ez","year":"2020","unstructured":"Nu\u00f1ez JH, Sallent A, Lakhani K, Guerra-Farfan E, Vidal N, Ekhtiari S, et al. 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