Letter: The Risk of COVID-19 Infection During Neurosurgical Procedures: A Review of Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Modes of Transmission and Proposed Neurosurgery-Specific Measures for Mitigation

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery Université de Sherbrooke Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
² Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery University of Toronto University Health Network - TWH Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery University of British Columbia Blusson Spinal Cord Center Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁴ CIUSSS du Nord de l'Ile de Montréal Hôpital de Sacré-Coeur de Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada.
⁵ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁶ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery University of British Columbia BC Children's Hospital Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁷ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada.
⁸ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Pediatric Surgery McGill University The Montreal Children's Hospital Montréal, Québec, Canada.
⁹ Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Department of Surgery Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
¹¹ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.

Christian Iorio-Morin et al. Neurosurgery. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 1;87(2):E178-E185.

doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa157.

¹ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery Université de Sherbrooke Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
² Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery University of Toronto University Health Network - TWH Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery University of British Columbia Blusson Spinal Cord Center Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁴ CIUSSS du Nord de l'Ile de Montréal Hôpital de Sacré-Coeur de Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada.
⁵ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁶ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery University of British Columbia BC Children's Hospital Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁷ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada.
⁸ Division of Neurosurgery Department of Pediatric Surgery McGill University The Montreal Children's Hospital Montréal, Québec, Canada.
⁹ Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Department of Surgery Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
¹¹ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.

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