ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2021
The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric neurosurgery practice and training in a developing country.
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- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global neurosurgical education: a systematic review.Neurosurgical review · 2022Pooled it
- The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Childhood Cancer Outcomes and Care Delivery - A Systematic Review.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global neurosurgery collaborations.World neurosurgery: X · 2024Article
- A look at the global impact of COVID-19 pandemic on neurosurgical services and residency training.Scientific African · 2023Article
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Surgical Training: the Past, the Present and the Future.The Indian journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Presidential address-the Black Swan: ISPN and pediatric neurosurgery in times of COVID-19.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the management of glioma patients around the world. An evidence-based review.Brain disorders (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Review
- The effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on neurospine surgery practice in the referral center hospital developing country.Surgical neurology international · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeCOVID-19 pandemic has influenced all aspects of societies, with the healthcare being the most affected field. All specialties including neurosurgery are involved, and due to resource limitations, the number of elective surgeries in subspecialized filed has substantially decreased. Herein, we report our practice experience in pediatric neurosurgery in a tertiary hospital during pandemic, and the effects of pandemic on educational issues.
methodsAll the patients on whom any kind of neurosurgical operation was performed from March to June 2020 were retrospectively collected, and also from the same period in the previous year.
resultsA total of 111 patients underwent surgery in this period. This figure was 159 patients during the same period in 2019. The total number of surgical cases reduced by 31% compared to the last year. While ventriculoperitoneal shunts and supratentorial tumor were more frequent, there was a considerable reduction in subspecialized educational surgeries like neural tube defects and craniosynostoses.
conclusionCVID-19 pandemic changed all scopes of medical practice and training. Considering the limitation in the available resources, the number of educational cases may decrease in subspecialized disciplines like pediatric neurosurgery. If pandemic continues, alternative measures should be taken to compensate for the shortcoming in technical and practical training.
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