Pediatric CSF diversion procedures for treatment of hydrocephalus during the COVID-19 pandemic
Overall average monthly case numbers were not significantly different between the pre-COVID and COVID eras. There was a significant decrease in hydrocephalus surgery during the first COVID surge. More hydrocephalus surgeries were performed in children of male sex and Black race proportionally during the COVID period overall, but not during individual surges.
Authors
- Eric M. Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-9290)
- Katie Pricola Fehnel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9701-0931)
- Jason S. Hauptman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-9876)
- Paige Lundy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8381-8259)
- Ariana Barkley
- Aminur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9240-8895)
- Susan Staulcup
- Anna L. Slingerland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7216-757X)
- S. Hassan A. Akbari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4565-8474)
- Klaudia Dziugan
- Sandi Lam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3294-6637)
- Joanna E. Papadakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3058-3513)
- Anastasia Arynchyna-Smith
- Irene K. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6605-8104)
- Brandon G. Rocque (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7333-4808)
- Christine Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0066-366X)
- David F. Bauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3548-0887)
- Carly Weber-Levine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2057-8419)
- Koko Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9934-6957)
- Benjamin Best (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3910-1744)
- Eric M. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2796-9914)
- Todd C. Hankinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6288-9496)
- Daniel J. Sexton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9604-5948)
- Jessica Thrower
- Joan Yea
- Addison Stewart
- Sarah Wisor-Martinez
- Keshari Shrestha
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Mercy Hospital (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Children's Hospital Colorado (US)
- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2024.7.peds24249
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54