Expert consensus on management principles of orthopedic emergency in the epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019

Since December 2019, many patients in Wuhan sustained pneumonia with unknown causes. Based on the current situation of epidemic prevention and control in China, the expert group from the Chinese Orthopedic Association and Chinese Association of Orthopedic Surgeons formulated an expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of orthopedic emergency surgery during the outbreak of COVID-19, which has been published in the Chinese Journal of Orthopedic Trauma in Chinese [Supplementary file 1 is this consensus statement in English, http://links.lww.com/CM9/A221]. For orthopedic emergency patients suspected or confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, multidisciplinary collaboration from respiratory department, intensive care unit, and anesthesia department are required to evaluate the patient's general condition and perioperative risks.