Table 3.
Kind of treatment (conservative vs surgical) for each type of fracture diagnosed at centre 1 orthopaedic-first aid during March 2019 (pre-COVID) and March 2020 (COVID).
| Fracture site |
Number of fractures evaluated at Center 1 orthopaedic-first aid |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 |
March 2020 |
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| Conservative | Surgical | Total | Conservative | Surgical | Total | |
| Distal forearm | 54 | 8 | 62 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| Hand phalange | 39 | 4 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Foot phalange | 23 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Ankle | 15 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| Proximal humerus | 14 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Pertrochanteric | 1 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Metatarsal | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Femoral Neck/Head | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Metacarpal | 10 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Pelvic | 10 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Tibial shaft | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Femoral shaft | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Foot | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Clavicle | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Calcaneus | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tibial plateau | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Other sites | 16 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 |