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Title: Pattern of neurosurgical practice at a university hospital in KSA during COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Saeedi, Rothaina
Bajunaid, Khalid
Sabbagh, Abdulrahman J.
Alomar, Soha
Alyousef, Mohammed
Baeesa, Saleh S.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic
KSA
Neurosurgery
Practice pattern
Retrospective study
Issue Date: 2022
Publisher: Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences
Series/Report no.: Original Article;448-453
Abstract: Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected both medical services as well as hospital admissions. Scholars have attempted to study the effect of the pandemic on the services of multiple specialities. In this study, we aim to examine the pandemic’s impact on the neurosurgical service provided at the King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah over an eightmonth period. Methods: In this retrospective, single-centre case series study, we included all the consecutive neurosurgical patients who underwent a surgical intervention in the 8- month period starting on 3rd March, 2020 and ending on 3rd November, 2020. The demographics, diagnosis, surgery type, priority category, and mortality data of the patients were collected. Results: A total of 147 patients underwent surgery during the study period. The mean age was 30.8 years. Fortynine percent of the study population were men. Oncology (31.3%) and hydrocephalus (23.8%) recorded the highest number of cases. More than half of the cases were Priority 1 (immediate and within 24 h). The mortality rate was 4.1% among all the performed cases. Conclusion: By describing this local neurosurgical experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope to bring out some of the difficulties we encountered and improve what we learned during the pandemic.
URI: http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/7232
ISSN: 1658-3612
Appears in Collections:Vol 17 No 3 (2022)

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