COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery

Michael R. Mercier; Anoop R. Galivanche; Jordan P. Brand; Neil Pathak; Michael J. Medvecky; Arya G. Varthi; Lee E. Rubin; Jonathan N. Grauer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262115

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COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery

Michael R. Mercier,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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Anoop R. Galivanche,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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Jordan P. Brand,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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Neil Pathak,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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Michael J. Medvecky,

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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Arya G. Varthi,

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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Lee E. Rubin,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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Jonathan N. Grauer

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jonathan.grauer@yale.edu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-7278

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COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery

Michael R. Mercier,
Anoop R. Galivanche,
Jordan P. Brand,
Neil Pathak,
Michael J. Medvecky,
Arya G. Varthi,
Lee E. Rubin,
Jonathan N. Grauer

Published: December 31, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262115

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