Nosocomial COVID-19 infection mortality following surgery for severe progressive cervical myelopathy: a case report.
Spinal Cord Ser Cases
; 7(1): 100, 2021 11 19.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1526063
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
We present the unique case of a nosocomial COVID infection acquired after urgent surgical intervention for cervical myelopathy, as well as the sequelae that followed in the postoperative period. CASE PRESENTATION An initially COVID-negative patient underwent urgent surgical intervention for cervical myelopathy with significant neurological deterioration. She underwent an uncomplicated staged anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with corpectomy, as well as a subsequent posterior cervical instrumented fusion within the same hospitalization. The patient would refuse to adhere to standard COVID precautions during her admission and demonstrated rapid decompensation following her particularly uneventful surgeries, ultimately leading to her expiration. A laboratory test confirmed that she had contracted COVID at the time of the patient's death.DISCUSSION:
This report highlights the repercussions of COVID-19 infection during the perioperative period and its implications on surgical outcomes. The stresses of surgery and the body's immunosuppressive responses during this time place patients at particular risk for the contraction of this virus. The standard precautions should be followed and vaccination should be considered for surgical candidates prior to their operations, as they become more readily accessible.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Spinal Cord Diseases
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Cross Infection
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
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Vaccines
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Spinal Cord Ser Cases
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S41394-021-00465-8
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