From: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the neurosurgical practice in Egypt
Ā | January 2019 (nā=ā284) N (%) | January 2020 (nā=ā276) N (%) | P value | February 2019 (nā=ā291) N (%) | February 2020 (nā=ā289) N (%) | P value | March 2019 (nā=ā298) N (%) | March 2020 (nā=ā251) N (%) | P value |
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Type of surgery | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Degenerative spinal disorders | 98 (34.5) | 86 (31.2) | 0.5 | 94 (32.4) | 88 (30.4) | 0.7 | 96 (32.3) | 76 (30.3) | 0.7 |
Spinal fractures | 17 (6) | 18 (6.5) | 0.9 | 19 (6.5) | 22 (7.6) | 0.73 | 17 (5.7) | 20 (7.9) | 0.4 |
Spinal infections | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 0.99 | 0 | 3 (1.1) | 0.2 | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 0.9 |
Spinal deformity | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.7) | 0.98 | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 0.5 | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.8) | 0.88 |
Spinal tumor | 4 (1.4) | 5 (1.8) | 0.97 | 5 (1.7) | 3 (1.1) | 0.7 | 4 (1.3) | 5 (2) | 0.8 |
Brain SOL | 31 (10.9) | 26 (9.4) | 0.7 | 32 (11) | 34 (11.8) | 0.9 | 28 (9.4) | 22 (8.8) | 0.9 |
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) | 46 (16.1) | 50 (18.1) | 0.6 | 49 (16.8) | 52 (18) | 0.8 | 53 (17.8) | 57 (22.7) | 0.2 |
Brain hemorrhage | 23 (8.1) | 19 (6.9) | 0.7 | 24 (8.3) | 28 (9.7) | 0.6 | 27 (9.1) | 25 (9.9) | 0.8 |
Endonasal skull base surgery | 4 (1.4) | 3 (1.1) | 0.97 | 3 (1.03) | 2 (0.7) | 0.99 | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.4) | 0.6 |
CSF diversion | 19 (6.7) | 21 (7.6) | 0.79 | 19 (6.5) | 20 (6.9) | 0.98 | 27 (9.1) | 19 (7.6) | 0.6 |
Shunt-related problems | 5 (1.8) | 8 (2.9) | 0.5 | 11 (3.8) | 7 (2.4) | 0.5 | 11 (3.7) | 2 (0.8) | 0.1 |
Congenital malformations | 8 (2.8) | 5 (1.8) | 0.6 | 5 (1.72) | 5 (1.73) | 0.8 | 5 (1.7) | 4 (1.6) | 0.8 |
Peripheral nerve injury repair | 1 (0.4) | 5 (1.8) | 0.2 | 1 (0.3) | 3 (1.1) | 0.6 | 2 (0.7) | 0 | 0.6 |
Other Peripheral nerve lesions | 27 (9.5) | 27 (9.8) | 0.9 | 28 (9.6) | 18 (6.2) | 0.2 | 26 (8.7) | 17 (6.8) | 0.5 |
Cranioplasty | 0 | 0 | ā | 0 | 3 (1.04) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | ā |
Time of surgery | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Urgent | 110 (38.7) | 122 (44.2) | 0.2 | 122 (41.9) | 133 (46) | 0.4 | 134 (44.9) | 121 (48.2) | 0.5 |
Elective | 174 (61.3) | 154 (55.8) | 0.2 | 169 (58.1) | 156 (54) | 0.4 | 164 (55.1) | 130 (51.8) | 0.5 |