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ArticleAsian journal of neurosurgery

Getting Neurosurgery Services Back on Its Feet: "Learning to Live" with COVID-19.

Nishant Goyal, Kanav Gupta, Jitender Chaturvedi, Srikant Kumar Swain, Akhil Tomy

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Article in Asian journal of neurosurgery. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Nishant GoyalDepartments of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Kanav GuptaDepartment of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Jitender ChaturvediDepartment of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Srikant Kumar SwainDepartment of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Akhil TomyDepartment of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCancellation/postponement of " MATERIALS AND

methodsWe collected details of all patients operated under department of neurosurgery since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in India and categorized them into "

resultsOne hundred and forty-eight patients (97 males, 51 females) with mean age of 37.8 years (range-2 months-82 years) underwent surgery in our department during the study period. The operative volume per week increased by 37% during the "

conclusionsOur experience shows that proper evidence-based protocols, setting up of adequate COVID-19 testing facilities and provision of ample personal protective equipments are instrumental in re-starting "nonemergent" surgeries.

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Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19)coronavirus disease of 2019 testingelective surgeriesemergency surgeriesnonemergent surgeriespandemicroutine surgeries

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PMID34268162
PMCPMC8244690

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