Emergent spine surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: 10 Months experience in Dr. Sardjito general hospital, Indonesia a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the spine surgeon had to deal with some new challenges in treating emergency spine cases. This paper aimed to report our experience with spine emergency surgery during the pandemic, with already limited resources for surgery.

Methods

This was a retrospective, single-center study, involving all patients admitted to our hospital during a period of 1st March - 31^st December 2020 and underwent emergent spinal surgery. The data were collected from the patients' medical records.

Results

We found 15 patients who met the inclusion criteria. Four patients were suspected to be infected by COVID-19, but none of them was confirmed to be infected by COVID-19 based on the PCR test. All patients had a history of injury: fell from h

SUBMITTER: Sakti YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8214822 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature