Table 2.
The incidence of emergency neurosurgical cases in Austria and the Czech Republic from March 16th until April 15th 2017–2021.
| Austria | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | P-value* | |
| Total cases N (%) | 400 | 417 | 392 | 345 | 460 | 0.002* |
| Condition | ||||||
| TBI | 42 (10.5%) | 43 (10.3%) | 26 (6.6%) | 27 (7.8%) | 34 (7.4%) | 0.11 |
| cSDH | 72 (18.0%) | 63 (15.1%) | 62 (15.8%) | 38 (11.0%) | 72 (15.7%) | 0.01* |
| SAH and Other Vascular Lesions | 26 (6.5%) | 47 (11.3%) | 37 (9.4%) | 41 (11.9%) | 46 (10.0%) | 0.12 |
| Spine Lesions | 104 (26.0%) | 110 (26.4%) | 111 (28.3%) | 71 (20.6%) | 117 (25.4%) | 0.01* |
| Acute Hydrocephalus | 59 (14.8%) | 42 (10.1%) | 58 (14.8%) | 28 (8.1%) | 72 (15.7%) | < 0.001* |
| Tumor and Other Intracranial Lesions | 105 (26.2%) | 126 (30.2%) | 105 (26.8%) | 152 (44.1%) | 130 (28.3%) | 0.01* |
| Czech Republic | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | P-value* | |
| Total cases N (%) | 586 | 551 | 584 | 513 | 601 | 0.07 |
| Condition | ||||||
| TBI | 74 (12.6%) | 68 (12.3%) | 98 (16.8%) | 48 (9.4%) | 62 (10.3%) | < 0.001* |
| cSDH | 87 (14.8%) | 110 (20.0%) | 84 (14.4%) | 53 (10.3%) | 72 (12.0%) | < 0.001* |
| SAH and Other Vascular Lesions | 59 (10.1%) | 59 (10.7%) | 66 (11.3%) | 63 (12.3%) | 59 (9.8%) | 0.96 |
| Spine Lesions | 175 (29.9%) | 139 (25.2%) | 135 (23.1%) | 153 (29.8%) | 208 (34.6%) | < 0.001* |
| Acute Hydrocephalus | 53 (9.0%) | 42 (7.6%) | 59 (10.1%) | 45 (8.8%) | 42 (7.0%) | 0.32 |
| Tumor and Other Intracranial Lesions | 138 (23.5%) | 133 (24.1%) | 142 (24.3%) | 151 (29.4%) | 158 (26.3%) | 0.59 |
TBI Traumatic brain injury, cSDH chronic subdural hematoma, SAH subarachnoid hemorrhage and other vascular lesions;
*P-values derived from chi-square tests.
Significant values are in [bold].