Neurosurgical activity during COVID-19 pandemic: an experts’ opinion from China, South Korea, Italy, the USA, Colombia, and the UK
| Autor: | Franco Servadei, Peter J. Hutchinson, Joshua B. Bederson, Andres M. Rubiano, Namkyu You, Ting Lei, Giorgio Saraceno, Frédérique Wiemeijer-Timmer, Marco Maria Fontanella |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Pneumonia Viral Neurosurgery Neurosurgical Procedures 03 medical and health sciences Betacoronavirus 0302 clinical medicine Epidemiology Health care Pandemic Medicine Humans Viral China Pandemics business.industry SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Pneumonia medicine.disease Safe surgery Coronavirus Coronavirus Infections Elective Surgical Procedures Neurosurgeons 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Surgery Neurology (clinical) Medical emergency business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Popis: | Background More than a million and a half people are infected worldwide with more than 90,000 casualties. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is radically altering both socio-economic and health care scenarios. Methods On April 4th, 2020, at 13:30 CET, a webinar was broadcasted, organized by Global Neuro and supported by WFNS. Expert neurosurgeons from six different countries (China, Italy, South Korea, the USA, Colombia, and the UK) reported on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their health care systems and neurosurgical activity. Results The first part focused on the epidemiology until that date. The USA were the most affected State with 450,000 cases, followed by Italy (140,000 cases and 19,000 casualties), China (83,305 cases and 3345 have died), South Korea (10,156 cases with 177 casualties), the UK (38,168 cases and 3605 deaths) and Colombia (1267 cases and 25 deaths). The second part concerned Institution and staff reorganization. In every country all surgical plans have been modified. The third part was about neurosurgical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fourth and last part touched upon how to perform safe surgery and re-start after the pandemic. Conclusions In general, the pandemic scenario was presented as a thought-provoking challenge in all countries which requires tireless efforts for both maintaining emergency and elective neurosurgical procedures. |
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