Table 2.

Demographic and Clinical Data of Patients Attending Neurosurgical Clinics Over a 4-Week Period After Dismantling the “Battle Plan”

Variable	Number of Patients (%)
Sex
Male	347 (50.5)
Female	354 (49.5)
Medium of visit
In person	325 (46.4)
Telehealth	376 (53.6)
Patient novelty
New	112 (16.0)
Clinic follow-ups	557 (79.5)
Hospital follow-ups	32 (4.6)
Type of visit∗
Preoperative	80 (11.4)
Postoperative	216 (30.8)
Surgical consult	68 (9.7)
Nonoperative	325 (46.4)
Procedural	21 (3.0)
Neurosurgical subspecialty
Degenerative spine	279 (40)
Endovascular	33 (4.7)
Epilepsy	24 (3.4)
Functional	50 (7.1)
Intracranial tumor	91 (13)
Miscellaneous: facial pain	13 (1.9)
Miscellaneous: CSF	58 (8.3)
Miscellaneous: infection	2 (0.3)
Open vascular	18 (2.6)
Pediatric	6 (0.8)
Peripheral nerve	46 (6.6)
Pituitary	37 (5.3)
Cranial trauma	16 (2.3)
Spine trauma	19 (2.7)
Spine tumor	9 (1.3)
Surgical procedures from preoperative/postoperative visits
Adult craniotomy for pain	4 (3.2)/5 (2.3)
Adult craniotomy for trauma	1 (0.8)/10 (4.6)
Adult craniotomy for tumor	19 (15.1)/33 (15.2)
Adult spine	37 (29)/83 (38)
Endoscopic/endonasal	8 (6.3)/13 (6.0)
Endovascular	7 (5.6)/16 (7.4)
Functional and epilepsy	38 (30.2)/34 (15.7)
Open vascular	2 (1.6)/5 (2.3)
Pediatric	1 (0.8)/3 (1.4)
Peripheral nerve	3 (2.4)/0 (0.0)
VPS	6 (4.8)/15 (6.9)
Age at clinic visit, years, mean ± 2SE	56.18 ± 1.274
If preoperative, time from preoperative visit to surgery, days, mean ± 2SE	18.14 ± 3.19; N = 80
If postoperative, time of follow-up, months, mean ± 2SE	12.97 ± 3.22; N = 216

N = 701, unless otherwise specified.

CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; VPS, ventriculoperitoneal shunt; SE, standard error.

^∗Percentage adds to over 100%, as 9 patients had simultaneous preoperative and postoperative clinic visits.