Neurosurgical management of brain and spine tumors in the COVID-19 era: an institutional experience from the epicenter of the pandemic.
J Neurooncol
; 148(2): 211-219, 2020 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32372178
ABSTRACT
The challenges of neurosurgical patient management and surgical decision-making during the 2019-2020 COVID-19 worldwide pandemic are immense and never-before-seen in our generation of neurosurgeons. In this case-based formatted report, we present the Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, NY) Department of Neurosurgery institutional experience in the epicenter of the pandemic and the guiding principles for our current management of intracranial, skull base, and spine tumors. The detailed explanations of our surgical reasoning for each tumor case is tailored to assist neurosurgeons across the United States as they face these complex operative decisions put forth by the realities of the pandemic.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Spinal Neoplasms
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Brain Neoplasms
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Triage
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Coronavirus Infections
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Neurosurgical Procedures
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Betacoronavirus
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Neurosurgery
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Neurooncol
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos