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. 2021 Mar 19;150:e539–e549. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.03.062

Table 2.

Types of Outpatient Clinic Visits During 4 Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Neurosurgical Subspecialties

Subspecialty Type of Visit Phase 0
12/31/2018–12/23/2019
Phase 1
12/30/2019–3/9/2020
Phase 2
3/16/2020–4/27/2020
Phase 3
5/4/2020–11/2/2020
P Value Phase 0 to Phase 1 P Value Phase 0 to Phase 2 P Value Phase 0 to Phase 3 P Value Phase 2 to Phase 3
Spine Phone 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0.2% ± 0.6% 1.4% ± 1.4% <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
Video 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 67.9% ± 30.5% 30.3% ± 13.1%
In-person 100% ± 0% 100% ± 0% 31.9% ± 30.5% 68.4% ± 14%
Tumor Phone 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 1.8% ± 1.9% 2.3% ± 1.2% <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
Video 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 60.7% ± 26.9% 48.3% ± 6.7%
In-person 100% ± 0% 100% ± 0% 37.5% ± 27.8% 49.5% ± 6.2%
Vascular Phone 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
Video 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 30.4% ± 20.3% 23.7% ± 13.6%
In-person 100% ± 0% 100% ± 0% 69.6% ± 20.3% 76.3% ± 13.6%
Pain Phone 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0.3% ± 1.1% <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
Video 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 85.7% ± 37.8% 53.7% ± 24.4%
In-person 100% ± 0% 100% ± 0% 14.3% ± 37.8% 46% ± 24.3%
Functional Phone 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0.4% ± 1.2% <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
Video 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 10.7% ± 19.7% 14.7% ± 12.8%
In-person 100% ± 0% 100% ± 0% 89.3% ± 19.7% 84.8% ± 12.7%
Peripheral Nerve Phone 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0.4% ± 1.6% <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
Video 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 14.7% ± 19.7% 17.7% ± 14%
In-person 100% ± 0% 100% ± 0% 85.3% ± 19.7% 81.8% ± 14.4%
Trauma Phone 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0.3% ± 1.7% <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
Video 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 64.3% ± 47.6% 60.9% ± 30.5%
In-person 100% ± 0% 100% ± 0% 35.7% ± 47.6% 35.1% ± 28.9%
Total Phone 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 0.8% ± 0.9% 1.4% ± 0.5% <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
Video 0% ± 0% 0% ± 0% 60.3% ± 27% 37.4% ± 7%
In-person 100% ± 0% 100% ± 0% 38.9% ± 27.4% 61.3% ± 7.2%