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Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2021 August;65(4):460-1

DOI: 10.23736/S0390-5616.20.05230-3

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language: English

Shall elective neurosurgical patients be postponed during a pandemic? Lessons from the peak period of COVID-19 pandemic

Ilhan ELMACI ¹ ✉, Meric A. ALTINOZ ², Ramazan SARI ³, Hasan R. SYED ^{4, 5}, Elif I. AYDINLAR ⁶, Sibel KAHRAMAN ⁷, Walter C. JEAN ^{4, 8}

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey; ² Department of Biochemistry, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey; ³ Department of Neurosurgery, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; ⁵ Global Brainsurgery Initiative, Washington DC, WA, USA; ⁶ Department of Neurology, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁸ Department of Neurological Surgery, George Washington University, Washington DC, WA, USA