[The Mexican Association of Spine Surgery Guideline for the decision making to perform a spine surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic]

Acta Ortop Mex. 2020 May-Jun;34(3):167-175.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed in a significant way the lifestyle in the world and in Mexico. Medicine is not an exception, therefore, modifications in how the assessment and treatment of our patients is done, is mandatory to assure the safeness of the patient, the medical team, the hospital staff, the medical facility, and the community. In this paper, the Mexican Association of Spine Surgery (AMCICO) make recommendations based in the information available at the moment, to help decide when and how to perform a spine surgery in the coronavirus pandemic. Objective: To provide the spine surgeon with the tools required and a decision path to postpone or perform a spine surgery in the COVID-19 pandemic.

La pandemia de COVID-19 ha afectado de forma significativa la forma de vida en el mundo y en México. El área de la medicina no es la excepción, ya que se requiere hacer cambios en la forma en la que valoramos y tratamos a nuestros pacientes para tratar de garantizar su seguridad, la del equipo médico y el personal de salud, las instituciones de salud y la comunidad. En este artículo exponemos las recomendaciones de la Asociación Mexicana de Cirujanos de Columna (AMCICO) para realizar una cirugía de columna durante la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus COVID-19. Objetivo: Proveer al cirujano de columna los elementos necesarios para seguir una ruta en la toma de decisiones para posponer o realizar una cirugía de columna durante la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; Guideline; cervical surgery; coronavirus; lumbar surgery; spine surgery.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Decision Making
  • Humans
  • Mexico / epidemiology
  • Pandemics*
  • SARS-CoV-2