Patients awaiting surgery for neurosurgical diseases during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: a multicentre cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The large number of infected patients requiring mechanical ventilation has led to the postponement of scheduled neurosurgical procedures during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aims of this study were to investigate the factors that influence the decision to postpone scheduled neurosurgical procedures and to evaluate the effect of the restriction in scheduled surgery adopted to deal with the first outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain on the outcome of patients awaiting surgery.

Design

This was an observational retrospective study.

Settings

A tertiary-level multicentre study of neurosurgery activity between 1 March and 30 June 2020.

Participants

A total of 680 patients awaiting any scheduled neurosurgical procedure were enrolled. 470

SUBMITTER: Castano-Leon AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9388715 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature