Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak: Single-Center Experience in Neurosurgical and Neuroradiologic Emergency Network Tailoring

World Neurosurg. 2020 Jun:138:548-550. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.141. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Authors

Edoardo Agosti¹, Andrea Giorgianni², Rita Pradella³, Davide Locatelli⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy. Electronic address: edoardo_agosti@libero.it.
² Department of Neuroradiology, ASST Sette Laghi, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy.
⁴ Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Emergency; Hub and spoke; Lombardy; Single center.

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Betacoronavirus
Brain Neoplasms / complications
Brain Neoplasms / surgery
COVID-19
Cerebral Hemorrhage / surgery
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Craniocerebral Trauma / surgery
Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
Disease Outbreaks
Emergencies*
Endovascular Procedures
Hospitals*
Humans
Hydrocephalus / surgery
Intracranial Hypertension / etiology
Intracranial Hypertension / surgery
Italy / epidemiology
Neurosurgery / organization & administration*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Radiology / organization & administration
Radiology, Interventional / organization & administration*
SARS-CoV-2
Spinal Cord Compression / surgery
Spinal Cord Injuries / surgery
Spinal Injuries / surgery
Stroke / therapy
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / surgery