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cord-298082-zzztzi8i	Vannini, Francesca	Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: should we delay cartilage regenerative procedures and accept the consequences, or can we find a new normality?	2020-08-07		.txt	text/plain	963	53	44	In a large orthopaedic facility, such as the Rizzoli Institute, with an emergency department, the maintenance of a specific pathway is mandatory to treat potentially infected patients: trauma patients for whom surgery is mandatory, who are isolated until the swab, executed at the time of the admission, whose results are negative. Cartilage regenerative procedures and even orthobiologics were among the suspended procedures; still, a delay in treatment of arthritis-promoting lesions could result in an increased number of patients who will need joint replacement in the future, with potential long-term influence on quality of life [2] . To effectively and safely return to cartilage repair surgery, the entire course of treatment should be structured to either avoid risk of infection or make it of the lowest possible impact for the hospital itself, in order to make it feasible. Patients scheduled for a cartilage procedure should visit the outpatient clinic and undergo a nasopharyngeal swab 48 hours before hospitalization [3] .	./cache/cord-298082-zzztzi8i.txt	./txt/cord-298082-zzztzi8i.txt