Publications by authors named "Gerardo Rico Gonzalez"
Article Synopsis
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, the percentage of patients with high frailty in spine care increased significantly compared to pre-pandemic levels.
- A decrease in low frailty patients was noted, coinciding with changes in surgery rates; low frailty patients experienced an increase in spine surgeries, while high frailty patients saw a decrease.
- High frail patients showed a larger increase in comorbidities during the pandemic, but changes in in-hospital mortality rates were not linked to frailty levels.
Decompressive Surgery in the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke during the First Four Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: A Nationwide Observational Cohort Study.
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg
September 2024
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected acute ischemic stroke (AIS) care. In this study, we examined the effects of the pandemic on neurosurgical AIS care by means of decompressive surgery (DS).
Methods: In this retrospective observational study, we compared the characteristics, in-hospital processes, and in-hospital mortality rates among patients hospitalized for AIS during the first four waves of the pandemic (between January 1, 2020 and October 26, 2021) versus the corresponding periods in 2019 (prepandemic).