“…This is in line with others’ practice. For instance, Deora et al have highlighted the reduction in operation room case volume, i.e., elective cases, during the pandemic [ 2 ]. But sometimes, the procrastination of surgery may harbor a negative consequence on the patient, risks of the surgical operation, and also the type of operation itself.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In our series, surgeries for neural tube defects and craniosynostosis patients were canceled pending a more favorable condition. Our hospital is a tertiary referral pediatric center, which provides a 2 –month rotation for PGY 3 neurological surgery residents to be involved in pediatric neurosurgery. According to Fig.…”
Purpose
COVID-19 pandemic has influenced all aspects of societies, with the healthcare being the most affected field. All specialties including neurosurgery are involved, and due to resource limitations, the number of elective surgeries in subspecialized filed has substantially decreased. Herein, we report our practice experience in pediatric neurosurgery in a tertiary hospital during pandemic, and the effects of pandemic on educational issues.
Methods
All the patients on whom any kind of neurosurgical operation was performed from March to June 2020 were retrospectively collected, and also from the same period in the previous year.
Results
A total of 111 patients underwent surgery in this period. This figure was 159 patients during the same period in 2019. The total number of surgical cases reduced by 31% compared to the last year. While ventriculoperitoneal shunts and supratentorial tumor were more frequent, there was a considerable reduction in subspecialized educational surgeries like neural tube defects and craniosynostoses.
Conclusion
CVID-19 pandemic changed all scopes of medical practice and training. Considering the limitation in the available resources, the number of educational cases may decrease in subspecialized disciplines like pediatric neurosurgery. If pandemic continues, alternative measures should be taken to compensate for the shortcoming in technical and practical training.
“…This is in line with others’ practice. For instance, Deora et al have highlighted the reduction in operation room case volume, i.e., elective cases, during the pandemic [ 2 ]. But sometimes, the procrastination of surgery may harbor a negative consequence on the patient, risks of the surgical operation, and also the type of operation itself.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In our series, surgeries for neural tube defects and craniosynostosis patients were canceled pending a more favorable condition. Our hospital is a tertiary referral pediatric center, which provides a 2 –month rotation for PGY 3 neurological surgery residents to be involved in pediatric neurosurgery. According to Fig.…”
Purpose
COVID-19 pandemic has influenced all aspects of societies, with the healthcare being the most affected field. All specialties including neurosurgery are involved, and due to resource limitations, the number of elective surgeries in subspecialized filed has substantially decreased. Herein, we report our practice experience in pediatric neurosurgery in a tertiary hospital during pandemic, and the effects of pandemic on educational issues.
Methods
All the patients on whom any kind of neurosurgical operation was performed from March to June 2020 were retrospectively collected, and also from the same period in the previous year.
Results
A total of 111 patients underwent surgery in this period. This figure was 159 patients during the same period in 2019. The total number of surgical cases reduced by 31% compared to the last year. While ventriculoperitoneal shunts and supratentorial tumor were more frequent, there was a considerable reduction in subspecialized educational surgeries like neural tube defects and craniosynostoses.
Conclusion
CVID-19 pandemic changed all scopes of medical practice and training. Considering the limitation in the available resources, the number of educational cases may decrease in subspecialized disciplines like pediatric neurosurgery. If pandemic continues, alternative measures should be taken to compensate for the shortcoming in technical and practical training.
“…In the initial days of the pandemic, medical and surgical societies worldwide prepared guidelines and adopted protocols to ensure safe health care delivery. 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 This study, which was conducted over 4 weeks, found that the number of neurosurgical interventions did eventually increase in the post-battle plan period, with a particular surge in functional neurosurgery and neuro-oncosurgery. 1 …”
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confidence: 95%
“…In various web-based surveys, suspension of elective cases has been noted more in public institutes than by private practitioners, with an increase in telemedicine-based outpatient services. 5 , 7 The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) conducted a web-based survey to assess changes in global neurosurgical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic and found major changes in surgical planning by more than 90% of the responders. 8 Although they have found that this impact was maximal for elective procedures, emergency and lifesaving neurosurgical procedures constituted the major chunk overall.…”
“… 6 , 7 Various investigators have documented similar declines in the number of OPD patients across the world. 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 Figure 1 Vertical bar graph depicting the number of “nonemergent” outpatient department patients from January to August in 2019 and 2020. Compared with the same period in 2019, the outpatient department referrals in 2020 were comparable in January and February, started decreasing in March, were the lowest in April and May, and started increasing gradually with the easing of the lockdown in June.…”
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