Response to Letter to the Editor: COVID-19: Current Knowledge and Best Practices for Orthopaedic Surgeons
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Response to Letter to the Editor: COVID‑19: Current Knowledge and Best Practices for Orthopaedic Surgeons Harvinder Singh Chhabra1 · Vaibhav Bagaria2 · Swapnil Keny3,4 · Kalyan Kumar Varma Kalidindi5 · Abhinandan Mallepally6 · Mandeep Singh Dhillon7 · Rajesh Malhotra8 · Shanmuganathan Rajasekharan9 Received: 13 June 2020 / Accepted: 19 June 2020 / Published online: 2 July 2020 © Indian Orthopaedics Association 2020
Dear Editor, Excerpts from “Letter to the Editor”— We congratulate authors for bringing out the most comprehensive review article on COVID-19 and orthopaedic surgeons (1). Authors’ Comments—We are thankful for the appreciation. We are glad that our review article has been found to be comprehensive. Excerpts from “Letter to the Editor”—Although authors have covered most aspects of this highly contagious disease, there are some best practices that are not included in this article and we would like to highlight these to make it more comprehensive for the readers.
Authors’ Comments—We appreciate any information which adds value and would be useful for the readers. We have made efforts to be as updated and relevant as possible to the time of writing also keeping in mind the dynamic and evolving nature of the situation. Excerpts from “Letter to the Editor”—The authors have provided the ‘Dos’ and ‘Don’ts’ for the orthopaedic surgeons and have rightly emphasized that minimum required members of the surgical team should be present inside the operation theatre. But who should those be needs clarification. We believe that the most efficient person in the team to perform a particular orthopaedic surgery should operate on that patient since he would be quick and least traumatic during the surgery. This surgeon may not be the senior-most and the surgeons above 60 years should be kept in reserve (2), as it is known that these individuals are more likely to
Mandeep Singh Dhillon, Rajesh Malhotra and Shanmuganathan Rajasekharan are multiple last authors. * Harvinder Singh Chhabra [email protected]
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Department of Orthopaedics, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai 431202, India
Vaibhav Bagaria [email protected]
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Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Hospital, Mumbai 400008, India
Swapnil Keny [email protected]
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Consultant Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sir H.N Reliance Hospital, Mumbai 431202, India
Kalyan Kumar Varma Kalidindi [email protected]
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Department of Spine Service, Indian Spinal Injuries Center, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India
Abhinandan Mallepally [email protected]
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Department of Spine Service, Indian Spinal Injuries Center, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India
Mandeep Singh Dhillon [email protected]
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Head, Physical Medicine Department, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India
Rajesh Malhotra [email protected]
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Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
Shanmuganathan Rajasekharan [email protected]
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Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery,
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