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Betacoronavirus , Infecciones por Coronavirus , Procedimientos Neuroquirúrgicos , Pandemias , Neumonía Viral , Triaje , COVID-19 , Consenso , Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología , Infecciones por Coronavirus/prevención & control , Infecciones por Coronavirus/transmisión , Humanos , Procedimientos Neuroquirúrgicos/efectos adversos , Pandemias/prevención & control , Neumonía Viral/epidemiología , Neumonía Viral/prevención & control , Neumonía Viral/transmisión , SARS-CoV-2 , Arabia SauditaRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Online education has provided an important tool to continue medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study aimed to evaluate trainee and attending perceptions of online webinars as an educational tool in neurosurgery. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey study. A web-based 19-question survey was distributed to the people who attended the webinar series that was carried out by the Saudi Association of Neurological Surgery from March 29, 2020 to May 31, 2020. Candidates were identified through their registration e-mails. The survey was distributed June 5-8, 2020. RESULTS: A total of 156 responses were received (survey response rate: 60%). The overall satisfaction rate among residents and attendings (board-certified neurosurgeons) was similar (>80%). However, only 56.4% of attendings reported they were comfortable with online webinars compared with 81.2% of residents (P value <0.0001). Seventy-five percent of residents found online lectures more useful than traditional in-person lectures compared with 52% of attendings (P value = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Online educational webinars provide an educational value that can be considered as an adjunct to traditional (in-person) education methods. Among trainees, the satisfaction of neurosurgery webinars was encouraging to consider as an education method. More objective research and progress are required to adopt and refine existing online didactic and neurosurgical teaching tools while creating more engaging future distant learning models.
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COVID-19/epidemiología , Educación a Distancia/tendencias , Internado y Residencia/tendencias , Neurocirugia/tendencias , Percepción , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Adulto , COVID-19/prevención & control , Educación a Distancia/métodos , Educación Médica/métodos , Educación Médica/tendencias , Femenino , Predicción , Humanos , Internado y Residencia/métodos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Neurocirugia/educación , Neurocirugia/métodos , Pandemias/prevención & controlRESUMEN
Extramedullary hematopoiesis is a common phenomenon in thalassemia. During the disease there are very rare occasions when compensatory hematopoietic tissue is located in the intraspinal epidural space, causing spinal cord compression. This complication requires urgent neurosurgical consideration and decision for further treatment. We present a case of thoracic spinal cord compression secondary to extramedullary hematopoiesis in thalassemia intermedia, treated with irradiation therapy. The therapeutic options are discussed, and the need for more explicit therapeutic directions is highlighted.
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BACKGROUND: Evidence of intrauterine development of chronic subdural hematoma (CSH) is extremely rare. A very limited number of cases with known and acceptable etiological explanation are reported. We were able to find out only four presented cases of intrauterine development of CSH without known etiology. CASE REPORT: We present our case with a newborn baby with CSH without known etiology. Short literature review and possible etiological factors are observed.