Corona Hands Study

The Corona Hands Study, in which the CEBHS was a collaborator, has now been published:

Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing upper extremity surgery at the peak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the UK: a national cohort study.
Dean BJF; Corona Hands Collaborative.
BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 Oct 9:bmjqs-2020-012156. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012156. Online ahead of print.

This study reports the 30-day mortality, SARS-CoV-2 complication rate and SARS-CoV-2-related hospital processes at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic in patients undergoing surgery below the elbow in the UK .

Key conclusions were:

• Low rate of SARS-CoV-2 complications
• Zero mortality if admitted on day of surgery
• Do not delay urgent surgery pending SARS-CoV-2 test results

There is more information on this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kachR6xbPW0&t=2s