CME OnDemand: 2022 AOFAS Annual Meeting-Rate of COVID-19 Infection and 30 Day Mortality Between Blue and Green (Dedicated COVID-19 Safe) Pathways: Results From the UK Foot and Ankle COVID-19 National-Audit

Rate of COVID-19 Infection and 30 Day Mortality Between Blue and Green (Dedicated COVID-19 Safe) Pathways: Results From the UK Foot and Ankle COVID-19 National-Audit

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In this video presentation at the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Lyndon Mason discusses the results of the UK Foot and Ankle COVID National (UK Falcon) audit. This study aimed to determine the rate of COVID-19 infection and 30-day mortality in foot and ankle surgery patients between two pathways: green (COVID-safe) and blue (not COVID-safe). Phase 1 (January to July 2020) had 0.52% COVID-19 instances, while Phase 2 (September to November 2020) had 1.02%. The mortality rate decreased from 25.71% in Phase 1 to 4.65% in Phase 2. Contracting COVID-19 perioperatively increased mortality risk significantly. Being on the green pathway reduced the risk of contracting COVID-19 by 13 times. The study supports continuing elective foot and ankle surgery with green pathways. Credits: British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and Leicester Hospital's charity for funding, Leicester NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for data handling, and the 190 collaboratives involved in the study.

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Lyndon W. Mason, MB BCh, MRCS(Eng), FRCS(TR&Orth), FRCS(Glasg), Jitendra Mangwani, MBBS, MS(Orth), FRCS(Tr&Orth), Karan Malhotra, MRCS, and Linzy Houchen-Wolloff

Keywords

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society

UK Foot and Ankle COVID National audit

COVID-19 infection rate

30-day mortality rate

green pathway