Different Scenarios of Asymptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Orthopedic Trauma Patients: Case Series and Practical Guide

During the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), SinaHospital in Tehran, Iran, dedicated a majority of its facilities and workforce to fight this crisis. Meanwhile, our academic trauma center continued to admit emergency trauma patients.

In this case series, we tried to discuss five previously healthy trauma patients who underwent orthopedic surgery and were diagnosed with COVID-19 later. Also, we described our detailed protocol for the management of orthopedic patients during the pandemic.

During COVID-19 time, we continued to provide our best service to the trauma patients while keeping our personnel as far as possible from direct contact with the patients until it was necessary.