Table 2. Neurosurgical electives before and during COVID-19 pandemic.
| S. no | Characteristics | Before pandemic (January to February) (60) |
During pandemic before lockdown (24) | During pandemic (lockdown 1 to 4) telemedicine OPD (68) |
p -Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; OPD, outpatient department; SD, standard deviation. a Statistically significant ( p < 0.05). | |||||
| 1. | OPD attendance/d (SD) |
166 (SD = 10.4) |
133 (SD = 12.4) |
15 (SD = 1.4) |
<0.0001 a |
| 2. | OPD admission/d | mean = 5 SD = 1.1 |
mean = 3 SD = 0.8 |
mean = 1.5 SD = 0.08 |
<0.0001 a |
| 3. | Total surgeries | 122 (mean = 2.03, SD = 0. 3) |
33 (mean = 1.37, SD = 0.7) |
10 (mean = 0.15, SD = 0.03) |
<0.0001 a |
| 4. | Cranial cases | 83 (mean = 1.4, SD = 0.3) |
16 (mean = 0.66, SD = 0.09) |
9 (mean = 0.13, SD = 0.03) |
<0.0001 a |
| 5. | Spinal cases | 39 (mean = 0.65, SD = 0.05) |
17 (mean = 0.71, SD = 0.1) |
1 (mean = 0.02, SD = 0) |
<0.0001 a |
| 6. | Mortality | 2 (mean = 0.03, SD = 0.001) |
0 | 0 | <0.0001 a |
| 7. | Discharges | 120 (mean = 2, SD = 0.6) |
33 (mean = 1.37, SD = 0.5) |
20 (mean = 0.3, SD = 0.07) |
<0.0001 a |