ReviewBrain disorders (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2021
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the management of glioma patients around the world. An evidence-based review.
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- Survival Outcomes and Machine Learning-Based Prediction of 12-Month Mortality in Glioblastoma Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A SEER Population-Based Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Incidence and Observed Survival of Malignant Brain Tumors in Belgium.Cancers · 2023Article
- Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the survival of patients with high-grade glioma and best practice recommendations.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Treatment of high-grade glioma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Impact on overall survival, tumor size and delay of treatment.PloS one · 2023Article
- Impact on neurosurgical management in a Level 1 trauma center post COVID-19 shelter-in-place restrictions.Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia · 2022Article
- Analyzing outcomes of neurosurgical operations performed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt. A matched single-center cohort study.Interdisciplinary neurosurgery : Advanced techniques and case management · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe coronavirus pandemic has affected many health care services worldwide since the emergence of the first case in Wuhan. Surgical neuro-oncology care is a fundamental part of hospital services, making it susceptible to strategic changes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsAn electronic search on several databases (PubMed/Medline, Scopus, and Google Scholar) from the beginning of the pandemic to the end of 2020, each paper was reviewed independently. The publication inclusion and exclusion criteria were done using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines.
resultsEight studies were found to be eligible for our meta-analysis. Most of the studies were on a retrospective basis, except one which was retrospective and prospective. An overall of 951 glioma patients' were included for surgical admission from the beginning of the pandemic until 2020. Seventy-four patients' had mortality outcomes, and 250 patients had complications for both surgical admitted and non-surgical admitted purposes.
conclusionsTo our knowledge, we made the first systematic review and meta-analysis regarding the management of glioma patients' during the pandemic of COVID-19. Our main findings are that the number of surgical admissions for glioma patients' did not significantly differ between COVID-19 negative and COVD-19 positive cases; however, surprisingly, we found that both overall complications and mortality outcomes were more significant COVID-19 negative patients' from the reported studies.
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