Table 6.

Characteristics of neurosurgical patients with COVID-19 infection

Nr.	Age, sex	Ethnic group	Admission		Co-morbidities	Diagnosis	Procedure	Complications	ITU	Outcome	LoS
			Type	COVID
1	54, M	White	Em	d0	HTN	Pineal lesion	Endoscopic third ventriculostomy + biopsy	None	Yes	Home	46 days
2	38, M	Black	Em	d0	Illicit drugs	Subarachnoid haemorrhage	External ventricular drain	None	Yes	Home	15 days
3	54, M	White	Em	d0	Pancytopaenia	Colloid cyst	Endoscopic resection	None	No	Home	27 days
4	41, M	White	Em	d0	HTN, NIDDM, asthma	Intracranial haemorrhage	Craniotomy	None	Yes	Home	55 days
5	59, M	White	Elec	d16	Metastatic cancer	Cerebral metastasis	Craniotomy	None	No	Home	24 days
6	67, M	White	Em	d34	HTN, NIDDM, Cholesterol↑	Meningitis	External ventricular drain	None	Yes	Rehab	90 days
7	51, M	White	Em	d20	None	Degenerative spine	Lumbar fixation	Cerebrospinal fluid leak, wound infection	No	Home	36 days
8	72, M	White	Elec	d31	None	Parkinson’s	Deep brain stimulation	Wound infection	No	Inpatient	94 days
9	72, F	Asian	Elec	d42	HTN, NIDDM	Meningioma	Craniotomy	Wound infection	No	Home	65 days
10	86, M	Asian	Em	d15	HTN, dementia	Subdural hematoma	Burr hole evacuation	None	No	RIP	21 days
11	64, F	White	Em	d14	None	Meningioma	Craniotomy/cranioplasty	Wound infection	No	Rehab	29 days
12	86, F	White	Em	d18	HTN, AF, cholesterol↑	Spinal hematoma	Decompression	Wound infection	Yes	Rehab	31 days
13	48, F	Black	Elec	d21	Asthma, cholesterol↑	Meningioma	Craniotomy	Haematoma	Yes	Rehab	67 days
14	66, M	White	Em	d14	Metastatic cancer	Metastatic cord compression	Decompression + fixation	None	No	Home	22 days
15	33, F	Hispanic	Elec	d11	None	High-grade glioma	Craniotomy	Wound infection	No	Home	23 days
16	81, F	Black	Em	d11	HTN, NIDDM, AF	Cauda equina syndrome	Laminectomy + discectomy	None	No	Home	37 days
17	63, F	White	Em	d24	None	Meningitis	Endoscopic third ventriculostomy + Rickham	None	No	Home	47 days

Admission: Type—Em(ergency) vs. Elec(tive); COVID—time to COVID-19 infection from day of admission (days)

ITU, admission to intensive treatment unit; LoS, length of inpatient hospital stay (days)

Co-morbidities: hypertension (HTN), non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), atrial fibrillation (AF)