Table 2.

Spine Surgery Across Red and Yellow Alert Levels: Treated Cases

	Red (18 Cases): Spinal Cord and/or Roots Acute Compression	Yellow (7 Cases): Spinal Cord and/or Roots Impending or Chronic but Progressive Compression, Intractable Pain, Impending Deformity
Trauma	1 C1 lateral mass fracture 2 unstable fractures of the basis of the odontoid process of C2 1 old facet fracture that developed a late C4-C5 dislocation and clinical sign of cord compression 2 somatic A4 fracture of L1 with root compression 2 spinal cord contusion with spondylotic cervical stenosis	1 quadriplegic C6-C7 fracture-dislocation 1 somatic A3 fracture of L2 1 old somatic fracture of L3 with pseudarthrosis causing intractable pain
Bone tumors, metastases	1 T1-T2, 1 T11-T12, 1 T11, and 1 L2-L3 metastasis with worsening signs of cord or roots compression	2 T1 metastases with root and cord compression 1 L4 metastasis with root compression
Intradural tumors	1 T10-T11 voluminous meningioma 1 T11 intramedullary angioblastoma with acute signs of cord compression
Infections	1 surgical wound dehiscence
Degenerative/others	3 herniated disc in spondylotic lumbar stenosis, 2 with cauda equina syndrome and 1 with pluriradicular acute deficits	1 herniated disc and spondylolisthesis L5-S1 causing intractable pain, severe functional limitations, and excessive opioid use

Cases treated during the red phase (10 March–20 April), and the yellow phases (7–9 March and 21 April–4 May).