Table 2. Average relative search volume (RSV) for lumbar spine surgery during the three time periods surrounding the release of COVID-19 related restrictions on elective procedures.

An asterisk denotes statistical significance.

		Lumbar Fusion	Lumbar fusion surgery	Lumbar spinal fusion
11/13/19-3/13/20	Pre-covid	72.25	53	53.8
3/13/20-7/13/20	Covid	49.12	37.4	48.4
7/13/20-11/13/20	Post-covid	63.6	49.9	51.1
	P value	0.000236*	0.101783	0.82874