Gabriel Liu, Jun-Hao Tan, Hwee Weng Dennis Hey, Leok Lim Lau, Joseph Thambiah, Naresh Kumar, Jonathan Tan, John Ruiz, Vincent Nga, Sein Lwin, Kejia Teo, Chou Ning, Rohit Vijay Agrawal, Bryan Ng, Weng Hoa Wong, Tseng Tsai Yeo, Hee-Kit Wong
INTRODUCTION: During the Coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak, while healthcare systems and hospitals are diverting their resources to combat the pandemic, patients who require spinal surgeries continue to accumulate. The aim of this study is to describe a novel hospital capacity versus clinical justification triage score (CCTS) to prioritize patients who require surgery during the "new normal state" of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODOLOGY: A consensus study using the Delphi technique was carried out among clinicians from the Orthopaedic Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Anaesthesia departments...
January 2, 2021: European Spine Journal