Pediatric neurosurgery AC-after COVID-19: What has really changed? A review of the literature

Alice Noris; Simone Peraio; Andrea Di Rita; Zaccaria Ricci; Chiara Spezzani; Matteo Lenge; Flavio Giordano

doi:10.3389/fped.2022.928276

Pediatric neurosurgery AC-after COVID-19: What has really changed? A review of the literature

Front Pediatr. 2022 Sep 7:10:928276. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.928276. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Alice Noris¹, Simone Peraio¹, Andrea Di Rita¹, Zaccaria Ricci², Chiara Spezzani¹, Matteo Lenge¹, Flavio Giordano¹

Affiliations

¹ Neurosurgery and Functional Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Abstract

The COVID-19 outbreak has dramatically changed the organization of Pediatric Neurosurgery all over the world. The departments involved developed similar plans to maintain emergency surgeries without reducing clinical activities. The Association of Pediatric Neurosurgeons wrote different memoranda to detail the surgical procedures not to be postponed with special attention given to high-risk pathology for COVID-19 contamination, like trans-naso-sphenoidal surgery. On this basis, we have conducted a complete literature review focusing on many topics: hospital organization, patients and parents screening, surgical indication criteria, outpatient clinic and teleconsultation, telematic conference and meeting, fellowship and training, and virtual multidisciplinary meeting.

Keywords: COVID-19; hospital organization; pediatric neurosurgery; perioperative complications; surgical indications; virtual meetings.

Publication types

Systematic Review