BACKGROUND: Elaborate an updated guideline of recommendations for the safe return to elective orthopedic surgery post COVID-19 pandemic METHODS: Bibliographic review of relevant global literature RESULTS: Recommendation guidelines with appropriate definitions of orthopedic elective surgery, correct contagion risk stratification for COVID-19, considerations for specific risk groups, hospital adaptations and anesthetic, intraoperative and postoperative special care for a safe restart of orthopedic elective surgery post COVID-19 pandemic CONCLUSIONS: The safe restart of orthopedic elective surgery is possible as long as we take into consideration the appropriate recommendations, which we have summarized in this review
[Guidelines for restarting elective orthopaedic surgery post Covid-19 in Mexico]