biostudies-literatureUnknown11(12)Paredes I<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the effect of the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the outcome of neurosurgical patients in Spain.<h4>Settings</h4>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.<h4>Participants</h4>This was a multicentre, nationwide, observational retrospective study of patients who underwent any neurosurgical operation from March to July 2020.<h4>Interventions</h4>An exploratory factorial analysis was performed to select the most relevant variables of the sample.<h4>Primary and secondary outcome measures</h4>Univariate and multivariate analyses BMJ opene053983https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9065769biostudies-literatureImpact of the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the outcome of neurosurgical patients: a nationwide study in Spain.PMC9065769Kaen AArteaga Romero FPascual Argente DZabalo San Juan GTorres CVDiaz-Molina JMoles Herbera JArandia Guzman DCastello Ruiz MJMiranda-Lloret Pde la Lama AGonzalez-Tarno PGarcia Leal RNavas Garcia MTorres Carretero LRodriguez-Cadarso Suarez-Vence MEsteban-Sinovas OPerez-Alfayate RJimenez Roldan LQuiroz Tejada ABlasco GFerrandez Pujante BCalero LHernandez Garcia BJGelabert-Gonzalez MCasitas Hernando VCalvo MAilagas JJValera Mele MAlen JFFrade-Porto NLagares APerez-Nunez AMoreno-Gomez LMGonzalez-Leon PGomar Alba MFidalgo De la Rosa MRodriguez Botana BOrduna JMenendez Cortezon BTirado-Caballero JVargas-Jimenez ARuiz Martin LSistiaga Garcia ILGarcia Martin AAnotn Oltra JCastano Leon AMFustero De Miguel DFernandez Garcia CGarcia Perez FDela FuenteVilla PCotua CGarcia-Perez DCarbayo Lozano GGarrido Ruiz PARoca Barber AGonzalez Pombo MMartin-Alonso JMartin Segura ADelgado-Fernandez JDelgado-Lopez PGil-Simoes RRuiz-Juretschke FPaternain Martin CRoa Montes de Oca JCCasado Pellejero JEiriz CVillasenor Ledezma JRivero Martin BParedes IBermudez Vilar GOrdonez Carmona MOtero Rodriguez ASousa Casasnovas PGoncalves-Estella JfalseImpact of the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the outcome of neurosurgical patients: a nationwide study in Spain.<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the effect of the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the outcome of neurosurgical patients in Spain.<h4>Settings</h4>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.<h4>Participants</h4>This was a multicentre, nationwide, observational retrospective study of patients who underwent any neurosurgical operation from March to July 2020.<h4>Interventions</h4>An exploratory factorial analysis was performed to select the most relevant variables of the sample.<h4>Primary and secondary outcome measures</h4>Univariate and multivariate analyses 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Dec2025-05-18T12:07:51.942Z2025-04-06T11:36:26.768ZS-EPMC90657693489348610.1136/bmjopen-2021-053983