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. 2021 Dec 9;11(12):e053983. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053983

Table 2.

Perioperative patient condition and support, surgical data and outcome

All patients Oncology Degenerative spine disease TBI Haemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease CSF disorder Functional Traumatic spine injury Paediatrics Infection
Number of patients 1677 522 324 191 187 157 104 78 63 51
Preoperative airway support (at least venturi mask) (n (%) 165 (9.8) 9 (1.7) 1 (0.3) 52 (27.2) 72 (38.5) 15 (9.6) 2 (1.9) 11 (14.1) 1 (1.6) 2 (3.9)
Preoperative suspect of COVID-19? (n (%) 45 (2.7) 5 (1) 0 11 (5.8) 10 (5.3) 14 (8.9) 0 2 (2.6) 2 (3.2) 1 (2)
Screening swab test<72 hour preoperatively (n (%)
 Non tested 768 (45.7) 249 (47.7) 145 (46.6) 84 (45.4) 101 (50.2) 66 (42) 35 (33.7) 32 (41) 10 (15.9) 17 (33.3)
 Negative 895 (53.5) 272 (52.1) 164 (52.9) 97 (52.4) 96 (47.9) 87 (55.4) 69 (66.3) 46 (59) 53 (84.1) 34 (66.7)
 Positive 14 (0.8) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.3) 4 (2.2) 4 (2) 4 (2.5) 0 0 0 0
 Postoperative airway support (n (%) 250 (14.9) 49 (9) 3 (0.9) 54 (28.3) 93 (49.7) 23 (14.6) 3 (2.9) 16 (20.5) 5 (7.9) 6 (11.8)
 Length of hospital stay 5 days (IQR=9) 5 days (IQR=5) 2 days (IQR=3) 4 days (IQR=11) 15 days (IQR=29) 6 days (IQR=19) 2 days (IQR=3) 7 days (IQR=11) 5 days (IQR=4) 8 days (IQR=25)
Complications (n (%)
 None 1243 (74.1) 370 (70.9) 370 (90.4) 139 (72.8) 105 (56.1) 108 (68.8) 92 (88.5) 53 (67.9) 52 (82.5) 31 (60.8)
Perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection (n (%)
 Awaiting surgery 6 (0.4) 3 (0.6) 0 0 0 2 (1.3) 0 1 (1.3) 0 0
 Preoperatively screening 14 (0.8) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.3) 4 (2.1) 4 (2.1) 4 (2.5) 0 0 0 0
 In-hospital admission 13 (0.8) 7 (1.3) 0 1 (0.5) 2 (1.1) 2 (1.3) 0 0 0 1 (2)
 After hospital discharge<30 days 11 (0.7) 5 (0) 0 1 (0.5) 2 (1.1) 1 (0.6) 0 2 (2.6) 0 0
 After hospital discharge>30 days 3 (0.2) 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Outcome after 3 months of study entry (n (%)
 Alive, at home 1376 (82.1) 440 (84.3) 315 (97.2) 143 (74.9) 107 (57.2) 115 (73.2) 102 (98.1) 50 (64.1) 62 (98.4) 42 (82.4)
 Alive, in-hospital 61 (3.6) 20 (3.8) 3 (0.9) 5 (2.6) 13 (7) 14 (8.9) 1 (1) 2 (2.6) 1 (1.6) 2 (3.9)
 Alive, transfer to other hosp. 33 (2) 5 (1) 3 (0.9) 9 (4.7) 5 (2.7) 4 (2.5) 0 5 (6.4) 0 2 (3.9)
 Alive, at nursing facility 91 (5.4) 13 (2.5) 3 (0.9) 12 (6.3) 32 (17.1) 14 (8.9) 1 (1) 13 (16.7) 0 3 (5.9)
 Dead 114 (6.8) 43 (7.9) 0 22 (11.5) 29 (15.5) 10 0 8 0 2 (.9)
 Unknown 2 (0.1) 1 (0.2) 0 0 1 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0
Cause of death, n (%)
 Neurosurgical disease 77 (4.6) 29 (5.6) 0 14 (7.3) 26 (13.9) 5 (3.2) 0 3 (3.8) 0 0
 New medical condition 26 (1.6) 9 (1.7) 0 6 (3.1) 2 (1.1) 0 0 4 (5.1) 0 2 (3.9)
 COVID-19 or its complications 8 (0.5) 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 2 (1.3) 0 1 (1.3) 0 0
 Other 2 (0.1) 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.5) 0 3 (1.9) 0 0 0 0
Time of death, n (%)
 Postoperative day 0–7 28 (1.7) 7 (1.3) 0 8 (4.2) 10 (5.3) 2 (1.3) 0 0 0 1 (2)
 Postoperative day 8–30 79 (4.7) 33 (6.3) 0 12 (6.3) 17 (9.1) 8 (5.1) 0 8 (10.3) 0 1 (2)
 Postoperative>30 7 (0.4) 3 (0.6) 0 2 (1) 2 (1.1) 0 0 0 0 0

CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; TBI, traumatic brain injury.