In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding "Coronavirus Neurosurgical/Head and Neck Drape to Prevent Aerosolization of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): The Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health Solution"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Neurological Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address: rdamico8@northwell.edu.

Comment

Robert C F Pena et al. World Neurosurg. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov:143:617-618.

doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.08.116.

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Neurological Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address: rdamico8@northwell.edu.

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Comment on

Letter to the Editor Regarding: "Coronavirus Neurosurgical/Head and Neck Drape to Prevent Aerosolization of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): The Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health Solution".
Shrivastava A, Mishra R, Prakash M, Raj S, Chouksey P, Agrawal A. Shrivastava A, et al. World Neurosurg. 2020 Nov;143:615-616. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.08.029. World Neurosurg. 2020. PMID: 33167143 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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