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COVID-19 Testing in the Era of Modern Neurosurgery: Mitigating Risk in Our Vulnerable Patient Populations

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World Neurosurg. 2021 Jun 13;152:80-83. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.06.027. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: The respiratory illness identified as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in a pandemic illness that has changed the face of healthcare. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, patients have continued to require neurosurgical interventions, and the endoscopic endonasal approach for surgery has continued to be a mainstay treatment of pituitary tumors and anterior skull base lesions.

METHODS: We sought to highlight the current lack of recommendations regarding testing protocols for neurosurgical patients.

RESULTS: We implemented a novel testing protocol for our patient populations at increased risk and have proposed a model that can be used at other institutions to mitigate the risk of complications associated with some forms of COVID-19 testing.

CONCLUSION: Patients with anterior skull base defects may be at risk with current COVID-19 testing protocols, and may benefit from alternative specimen collection strategies.

PMID:34133996 | PMC:PMC8197680 | DOI:10.1016/j.wneu.2021.06.027

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