Supervision of redeployed surgical trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic: what have we learnt and how can we improve?

Objective: When cases of patients presenting with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) overwhelmed existing services in the United Kingdom (UK), surgical trainees were redeployed to assist frontline efforts. This project characterises the effects of redeployment on the supervision of these trainees. The resulting generation of practical recommendations could be implemented for future crises.

Intradural symptomatic arachnoid cyst formation following non-instrumented lumbar decompression.

Purpose: Intradural arachnoid cyst is a rare complication of lumbar puncture, post-trauma or post-intraoperative durotomies. We aim to estimate the incidence of early intradural arachnoid cyst radiologically in non-instrumented posterior lumbar decompression among symptomatic patients, and establish clinical correlation.

Materials And Methods: Patients who underwent lumbar decompression without instrumentation at a tertiary spinal service between December 2014 and January 2018 were identified.