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Table 6 Difference in neurosurgery incidence per category during 2021

From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on neurosurgery in the elderly population in Sweden

Category

2020

2021

Expected value 2021 versus 2021 (95% CI)

P

Surgeries on the nervous system

589.3

660.8

0.91(0.86–0.96)

<0.001

Surgeries on the skull and intracranial structures

192.4

212.3

1.04(0.98–1.10)

ns

Surgeries on the spinal cord and nerve roots

189.9

205.8

0.80(0.74–0.87)

<0.001

Surgeries on Peripheral Nerves

196.8

233.1

0.87(0.83–0.92)

<0.001

Surgeries on the autonomic nervous system

0.1

0.1

1.00(0.98–1.02)

ns

Various surgeries on the nervous system

15.2

16.1

0.95(0.91–1.01)

ns

Reoperations on the nervous system

6.4

6.2

0.84(0.82–0.86)

<0.001

Smaller neurosurgical interventions

367.4

405.4

0.97(0.91–1.02)

ns

Diagnostic procedures within neurosurgery

45.3

36.6

0.62(0.56–0.68)

<0.001

  1. Quota value is expected incidence over actual outcome. Incidence is per 100.000 inhabitants