Impact of the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the outcome of neurosurgical patients: a nationwide study in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effect of the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the outcome of neurosurgical patients in Spain.

Settings

The initial flood of COVID-19 patients overwhelmed an unprepared healthcare system. Different measures were taken to deal with this overburden. The effect of these measures on neurosurgical patients, as well as the effect of COVID-19 itself, has not been thoroughly studied.

Participants

This was a multicentre, nationwide, observational retrospective study of patients who underwent any neurosurgical operation from March to July 2020.

Interventions

An exploratory factorial analysis was performed to select the most relevant variables of the sample.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Univariate and multivariate analyses

SUBMITTER: Paredes I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9065769 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature