The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric spinal care: A multi-centric study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected healthcare worldwide since December 2019. We aimed to identify the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on outpatient clinic and surgical volumes and peri-operative complications for pediatric spinal deformities patients.

Methods

In this multi-center retrospective study, outpatient visits (in-person and virtual care) and pediatric spine surgeries volumes in four high-volume pediatric spine centers were compared between March and December 2019 and the same period in 2020. Peri-operative complications were collected and compared in the same periods. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and comparative analyses were performed.

Results

During the 2020 study period, the outpatient visit (in-person and virtual care) volume decreas

SUBMITTER: Otremski H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10859112 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature