Epidemiological pattern of orthopaedic fracture during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Although the total number of fractures was reduced by 43% (35–50%) during the pandemic, we found that the proportion hand fractures was lower (significant), the proportion of femur fractures was higher (borderline significance), whereas the proportion of fractures at other locations was relatively constant.

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