Early Report on the Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak in Neurosurgical Practice Among Members of the Latin American Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

Cepeda, Tito Arcadio Perilla; Zenteno, Marcelo; Campero, Álvaro; Yampolsky, Claudio; Varela, Mauro Loyo; García, Manuel Eduardo Soto; Rangel, José Alberto Israel Romero

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.226

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“…This finding is in concordance with a recent survey of 486 members of the Latin American Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, which has reported an infection rate of 0.8% (6% underwent COVID-19 testing). 19 Our report has several limitations, including the retrospective nature of the study. Another limitation is that Saudi Arabia's infection rates during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic were low compared with those of other countries.…”

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“…Within the same priority (priority 1), the absolute trauma numbers slightly decreased, a finding probably related to government restrictions and lockdowns during the pandemic. However, Jose et al 19 have reported that neurosurgeons believe that the most common reason for performing emergency surgery is trauma, followed by hematoma, and then tumors. Giorgi et al 31 compared the number of emergency spine surgeries during the pandemic with the same period of the year before.…”

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“…However, Jose et al. 19 have reported that neurosurgeons believe that the most common reason for performing emergency surgery is trauma, followed by hematoma, and then tumors. Giorgi et al.…”

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“…[14][15][16][17][18] The literature describing the changes in surgical services during outbreaks, including COVID-19, is limited to subjective retrospective evaluations using questionnaires and surveys. [19][20][21][22][23][24] The reported observations from those studies have described increased surgical cancellation rates and a decline in the number of elective cases, on the basis of subjective survey responses from surgeons. In this unmatched case-control study, we objectively analyzed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on neurosurgical services.…”

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Neurosurgical emergency management during the lockdown period in health care regions in Spain with different COVID-19 impact: lessons learned to improve outcomes on the future waves

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Viñuela-Prieto²,

Barrios

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Background COVID-19 has overloaded health care systems, testing the capacity and response in every European region. Concerns were raised regarding the impact of resources’ reorganization on certain emergency pathology management. The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of the outbreak (in terms of reduction of neurosurgical emergencies) during lockdown in different regions of Spain. Methods We analyzed the impact of the outbreak in four different affected regions by descriptive statistics and univariate comparison with same period of two previous years. These regions differed in their incidence level (high/low) and in the time of excess mortality with respect to lockdown declaration. That allowed us to analyze their influence on the characteristics of neurosurgical emergencies registered for every region. Results 1185 patients from 18 neurosurgical centers were included. Neurosurgical emergencies that underwent surgery dropped 24.41% and 28.15% in 2020 when compared with 2019 and 2018, respectively. A higher reduction was reported for the most affected regions by COVID-19. Non-traumatic spine experienced the most significant decrease in number of cases. Life-threatening conditions did not suffer a reduction in any health care region. Conclusions COVID-19 affected dramatically the neurosurgical emergency management. The most significant reduction in neurosurgical emergencies occurred on those regions that were hit unexpectedly by the pandemic, as resources were focused on fighting the virus. As a consequence, life-threating and non-life-threatening conditions’ mortality raised. Results in regions who had time to prepare for the hit were congruent with an organized and sensible neurosurgical decision-making.

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Early Report on the Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak in Neurosurgical Practice Among Members of the Latin American Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

Neurosurgical Procedures and Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case-Control Multicenter Study

Neurosurgical Procedures and Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case-Control Multicenter Study

Anatomical societies find new ways to come together in a post‐Covid world

Neurosurgical emergency management during the lockdown period in health care regions in Spain with different COVID-19 impact: lessons learned to improve outcomes on the future waves

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