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© 2021 The Neurosurgical Foundation.The impact of Covid-19 on surgical patients worldwide has been substantial. In the United Kingdom (UK) and the Republic of Ireland (RoI), the first wave of the pandemic occurred in March 2020. The aims of this study were to: (1) evaluate the volume of neurosurgical operative activity levels, Covid-19 infection rate and mortality rate in April 2020 with a retrospective cross-sectional cohort study conducted across 16 UK and RoI neurosurgical centres, and (2) compare patient outcomes in a single institution in April–June 2020 with a comparative cohort in 2019. Across the UK and RoI, 818 patients were included. There were 594 emergency and 224 elective operations. The incidence rate of Covid-19 infection was 2.6% (21/818). The overall mortality rate in patients with a Covid-19 infection was 28.6% (6/21). In the single centre cohort analysis, an overall reduction in neurosurgical operative activity by 65% was observed between 2020 (n = 304) and 2019 (n = 868). The current and future impact on UK neurosurgical operative activity has implications for service delivery and neurosurgical training.
Author(s): Richardson GE, Islim AI, Albanese E, Ahmed A, Aly A, Ammar A, Amoo M, Bhatt H, Bodkin P, Coulter I, Corr P, Elmaadawi I, Elserius A, Fountain DM, George KJ, Gillespie CS, Goel A, Grundy PL, Gurusinghe N, Hartley J, Hasan MDT, Javadpour M, Kalra N, Mallucci C, Millward CP, Mohamed B, Mohamed S, Mustafa MA, Nannapaneni R, Nolan D, Patel UJ, Piper RJ, Rajaraman C, Raza-Knight S, Rehman K, Rominiyi O, Sage W, Sharouf F, Sinha S, Sitaraman M, Smith S, Solth A, Stokes S, Taweel BA, Tyagi A, Zaben M, Jenkinson MD, Prasad M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: British Journal of Neurosurgery
Year: 2023
Volume: 38
Issue: 4
Pages: 998-1003
Online publication date: 02/09/2021
Acceptance date: 09/08/2021
Date deposited: 30/11/2023
ISSN (print): 0268-8697
ISSN (electronic): 1360-046X
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2021.1968341
DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1968341
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