Table 4. Average relative search volume (RSV) for cervical spine surgery during the three time periods surrounding the release of COVID-19 related restrictions on elective procedures.

An asterisk denotes statistical significance.

	‘Cervical fusion’	‘Cervical fusion surgery’	‘Cervical spinal fusion’
Pre-Covid	68.1	54.8	40.5
Covid	46.8	24.1	23.4
Post-Covid	61.3	51.5	33.9
P value	.00096*	.00015*	.11422