Major Spinal Surgery Between Two Documented COVID-19 Infections in an Elderly Female: A Case Report

Documented re-infection of COVID-19 is uncommon and doing a major spinal surgery in an elderly patient right after the recovery from the first event is itself a major undertaking. Re-infection after successful surgery points to the possibility of COVID-19 infection being a post-surgical complicatio...

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Autores principales:	Bishruti Sharma, Nabin Paudyal, Binod Rajbhandari, Amit Pradhanang, Nikita Dwa, Ajay Pradhan, Mohan Raj Sharma
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Publicado:	Nepal Medical Association 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 re-infection spinal fracture Medicine (General) R5-920
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/6ede2c4cab0f4d46ae8d033db97447d3
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6ede2c4cab0f4d46ae8d033db97447d32021-11-07T19:11:48ZMajor Spinal Surgery Between Two Documented COVID-19 Infections in an Elderly Female: A Case Report10.31729/jnma.65070028-27151815-672Xhttps://doaj.org/article/6ede2c4cab0f4d46ae8d033db97447d32021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/6507https://doaj.org/toc/0028-2715https://doaj.org/toc/1815-672X Documented re-infection of COVID-19 is uncommon and doing a major spinal surgery in an elderly patient right after the recovery from the first event is itself a major undertaking. Re-infection after successful surgery points to the possibility of COVID-19 infection being a post-surgical complication. Here, we report a case of a 72-years-old elderly female who had presented to us with features of COVID-19 infection confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay and unstable spinal fracture who underwent a pedicle screw fixation for the fracture of the third and fourth thoracic vertebrae after two consecutive negative serology assays. A month after discharge from the hospital, she presented with severe symptoms of COVID-19 again confirmed by two consecutive polymerase chain reaction assays. She was managed conservatively and was discharged without significant respiratory and neurological complications. We described this case in detail in addition to reviewing the pertinent literature. Bishruti SharmaNabin PaudyalBinod RajbhandariAmit PradhanangNikita DwaAjay PradhanMohan Raj SharmaNepal Medical AssociationarticleCOVID-19re-infectionspinal fractureMedicine (General)R5-920ENJournal of Nepal Medical Association, Vol 59, Iss 242 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 re-infection spinal fracture Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	COVID-19 re-infection spinal fracture Medicine (General) R5-920 Bishruti Sharma Nabin Paudyal Binod Rajbhandari Amit Pradhanang Nikita Dwa Ajay Pradhan Mohan Raj Sharma Major Spinal Surgery Between Two Documented COVID-19 Infections in an Elderly Female: A Case Report
description	Documented re-infection of COVID-19 is uncommon and doing a major spinal surgery in an elderly patient right after the recovery from the first event is itself a major undertaking. Re-infection after successful surgery points to the possibility of COVID-19 infection being a post-surgical complication. Here, we report a case of a 72-years-old elderly female who had presented to us with features of COVID-19 infection confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay and unstable spinal fracture who underwent a pedicle screw fixation for the fracture of the third and fourth thoracic vertebrae after two consecutive negative serology assays. A month after discharge from the hospital, she presented with severe symptoms of COVID-19 again confirmed by two consecutive polymerase chain reaction assays. She was managed conservatively and was discharged without significant respiratory and neurological complications. We described this case in detail in addition to reviewing the pertinent literature.
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author	Bishruti Sharma Nabin Paudyal Binod Rajbhandari Amit Pradhanang Nikita Dwa Ajay Pradhan Mohan Raj Sharma
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title	Major Spinal Surgery Between Two Documented COVID-19 Infections in an Elderly Female: A Case Report
title_short	Major Spinal Surgery Between Two Documented COVID-19 Infections in an Elderly Female: A Case Report
title_full	Major Spinal Surgery Between Two Documented COVID-19 Infections in an Elderly Female: A Case Report
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title_full_unstemmed	Major Spinal Surgery Between Two Documented COVID-19 Infections in an Elderly Female: A Case Report
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publisher	Nepal Medical Association
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/6ede2c4cab0f4d46ae8d033db97447d3
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Major Spinal Surgery Between Two Documented COVID-19 Infections in an Elderly Female: A Case Report

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