Table 4 Neurosurgical operations in the 2nd 3 months of 2019 and 2020 (April, May and June)
From: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the neurosurgical practice in Egypt
April 2019 (n = 350) N (%) | April 2020 (n = 180) N (%) | P value | May 2019 (n = 292) N (%) | May 2020 (n = 161) N (%) | P value | June 2019 (n = 293) N (%) | June 2020 (n = 167) N (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of surgery | |||||||||
Degenerative spinal disorders | 149 (42.5) | 28 (15.6) | < 0.001** | 89 (30.5) | 26 (16.1) | 0.001** | 84 (28.7) | 23 (13.7) | < 0.001** |
Spinal fractures | 18 (5.1) | 20 (11.1) | 0.02* | 18 (6.2) | 22 (13.7) | 0.01* | 22 (7.6) | 23 (13.8) | 0.04* |
Spinal infections | 2 (0.6) | 2 (1.1) | 0.9 | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.6) | 0.8 | 1 (0.3) | 0 | 0.8 |
Spinal deformity | 2 (0.6) | 0 | 0.8 | 1 (0.3) | 0 | 0.8 | 1 (0.3) | 0 | 0.8 |
Spinal tumor | 8 (2.3) | 5 (2.8) | 0.96 | 4 (1.4) | 3 (1.9) | 0.99 | 5 (1.7) | 2 (1.2) | 0.9 |
Brain SOL | 27 (7.7) | 21 (11.7) | 0.2 | 29 (9.9) | 17 (10.6) | 0.96 | 26 (8.9) | 16 (9.6) | 0.9 |
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) | 54 (15.4) | 45 (25) | 0.01* | 59 (20.2) | 41 (25.5) | 0.2 | 61 (20.8) | 65 (38.9) | < 0.001** |
Brain hemorrhage | 22 (6.3) | 24 (13.3) | 0.01* | 21 (7.2) | 19 (11.8) | 0.1 | 22 (7.5) | 14 (8.4) | 0.9 |
Endonasal skull base surgery | 2 (0.6) | 0 | 0.8 | 3 (1.03) | 1 (0.6) | 0.9 | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.6) | 0.6 |
CSF diversion | 22 (6.3) | 20 (11.1) | 0.1 | 24 (8.2) | 14 (8.7) | 0.99 | 18 (6.1) | 13 (7.8) | 0.6 |
Shunt-related problems | 12 (3.4) | 9 (5) | 0.5 | 10 (3.4) | 11 (6.8) | 0.2 | 8 (2.7) | 6 (3.6) | 0.8 |
Congenital malformations | 4 (1.14) | 2 (1.11) | 0.7 | 4 (1.4) | 4 (2.5) | 0.6 | 7 (2.4) | 4 (2.4) | 0.8 |
Peripheral nerve injury repair | 5 (1.4) | 1 (0.6) | 0.6 | 2 (0.7) | 2 (1.2) | 0.9 | 1 (0.3) | 0 | 0.8 |
Other Peripheral nerve lesions | 23 (6.6) | 3 (1.6) | 0.02* | 27 (9.2) | 0 | < 0.001** | 35 (12) | 0 | < 0.001** |
Cranioplasty | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – |
Time of surgery | |||||||||
Urgent | 133 (38) | 120 (66.7) | < 0.001** | 133 (45.5) | 108 (67.1) | < 0.001** | 132 (45.1) | 121 (72.5) | < 0.001** |
Elective | 217 (62) | 60 (33.3) | < 0.001** | 159 (54.5) | 53 (32.9) | < 0.001** | 161 (54.9) | 46 (27.5) | < 0.001** |