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. 2020 Nov;16(Suppl 1):146-152.
doi: 10.1007/s11420-020-09801-4. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

Timeline and Procedures on Restarting Non-Emergent Arthroplasty Care in the US Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Timeline and Procedures on Restarting Non-Emergent Arthroplasty Care in the US Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Friedrich Boettner et al. HSS J. 2020 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; arthroplasty; elective surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of InterestAlejandro Gonzalez Della Valle, MD, reports no conflicts of interest. Friedrich Boettner, MD, reports grants and personal fees from Smith & Nephew and personal fees from OrthoDevelopment, Depuy, and Medtronic, outside the submitted work. Mathias Bostrom, MD, reports grants and personal fees from Smith & Nephew, grants from Ines Mandl Research Foundation, outside the submitted work. Mark Figgie, MD, reports board membership, consulting fees, royalties, and stock ownership from Wishbone, stock ownership from Insight, HS2, and Mekanika, and royalties and consulting fees from Lima, outside the submitted work. Steven Haas, MD, reports grants, personal fees, and royalties from Smith & Nephew, personal fees from OrthAlign and Heraeus, and ownership interest in OpLogix, outside the submitted work. David Mayman, MD, reports personal fees and royalties from Smith & Nephew, royalties and stock options from Orthoalign, and investment in Wishbone, InSight, and Cymedica, outside the submitted work. Douglas Padgett, MD, reports personal fees from DJO global and stock or stock options from PSI LLC, Tangen, and Orthophor, outside the submitted work.

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