From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on neurosurgery in the elderly population in Sweden
Category | 2019 | 2020 | Expected value 2020 versus 2020 (95% CI) | P |
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Surgeries on the nervous system | 734.8 | 589.3 | 0.82(0.79–0.86) | <0.001 |
Surgeries on the skull and intracranial structures | 209,4 | 192.4 | 0.96(0.91–1.01) | ns |
Surgeries on the spinal cord and nerve roots | 248.4 | 189.9 | 0.76(0.72–0.80) | <0.001 |
Surgeries on peripheral nerves | 267.7 | 196.8 | 0.60(0.58–0.62) | <0.001 |
Surgeries on the autonomic nervous system | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.96(0.90–1.02) | ns |
Various surgeries on the nervous system | 16.2 | 15.2 | 0.89(0.84–0.94) | <0.001 |
Reoperations on the nervous system | 7.8 | 6.4 | 0.85(0.80–0.90) | <0.001 |
Smaller neurosurgical interventions | 417.5 | 367.4 | 0.92(0.88–0.96) | 0.0093 |
Diagnostic procedures within neurosurgery | 62.8 | 45.3 | 0.76(0.68–0.84) | <0.001 |