Microsurgical Resection of Glioblastoma in a Patient Infected with Covid-19: A Case Report

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected a large number of patients in all countries, overwhelming healthcare systems worldwide. In this scenario, surgical procedures became restricted, causing unacceptable delays in the treatment of certain pathologies, such as glioblastoma. Regarding this tumor with hig...

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Autores principales: Lívio Pereira de Macêdo, Kauê Franke, Auricélio Batista Cezar-Junior, Igor Vilela Faquini, Eduardo Vieira de Carvalho Júnior, Nivaldo S. Almeida, Hildo Rocha Cirne Azevedo-Filho
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ef0d49c29a614623ae5a80ca7b7639ef2021-11-03T23:45:46ZMicrosurgical Resection of Glioblastoma in a Patient Infected with Covid-19: A Case Report0103-53552359-592210.1055/s-0040-1718998https://doaj.org/article/ef0d49c29a614623ae5a80ca7b7639ef2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1718998https://doaj.org/toc/0103-5355https://doaj.org/toc/2359-5922The COVID-19 pandemic has affected a large number of patients in all countries, overwhelming healthcare systems worldwide. In this scenario, surgical procedures became restricted, causing unacceptable delays in the treatment of certain pathologies, such as glioblastoma. Regarding this tumor with high morbidity and mortality, early surgical treatment is essential to increase the survival and quality of life of these patients. Association between COVID-19 and neurosurgical procedures is quite scarce in the literature, with a few reported cases. In the present study, we present a rare case of a patient undergoing surgical resection of glioblastoma with COVID-19.Lívio Pereira de MacêdoKauê FrankeAuricélio Batista Cezar-JuniorIgor Vilela FaquiniEduardo Vieira de Carvalho JúniorNivaldo S. AlmeidaHildo Rocha Cirne Azevedo-FilhoThieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.articleneurosurgerycovid-19sars-cov-2glioblastomaMedicineRSurgeryRD1-811ENBrazilian Neurosurgery, Vol 40, Iss 03, Pp e284-e287 (2021)
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topic neurosurgery
covid-19
sars-cov-2
glioblastoma
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covid-19
sars-cov-2
glioblastoma
Medicine
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Lívio Pereira de Macêdo
Kauê Franke
Auricélio Batista Cezar-Junior
Igor Vilela Faquini
Eduardo Vieira de Carvalho Júnior
Nivaldo S. Almeida
Hildo Rocha Cirne Azevedo-Filho
Microsurgical Resection of Glioblastoma in a Patient Infected with Covid-19: A Case Report
description The COVID-19 pandemic has affected a large number of patients in all countries, overwhelming healthcare systems worldwide. In this scenario, surgical procedures became restricted, causing unacceptable delays in the treatment of certain pathologies, such as glioblastoma. Regarding this tumor with high morbidity and mortality, early surgical treatment is essential to increase the survival and quality of life of these patients. Association between COVID-19 and neurosurgical procedures is quite scarce in the literature, with a few reported cases. In the present study, we present a rare case of a patient undergoing surgical resection of glioblastoma with COVID-19.
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author Lívio Pereira de Macêdo
Kauê Franke
Auricélio Batista Cezar-Junior
Igor Vilela Faquini
Eduardo Vieira de Carvalho Júnior
Nivaldo S. Almeida
Hildo Rocha Cirne Azevedo-Filho
author_facet Lívio Pereira de Macêdo
Kauê Franke
Auricélio Batista Cezar-Junior
Igor Vilela Faquini
Eduardo Vieira de Carvalho Júnior
Nivaldo S. Almeida
Hildo Rocha Cirne Azevedo-Filho
author_sort Lívio Pereira de Macêdo
title Microsurgical Resection of Glioblastoma in a Patient Infected with Covid-19: A Case Report
title_short Microsurgical Resection of Glioblastoma in a Patient Infected with Covid-19: A Case Report
title_full Microsurgical Resection of Glioblastoma in a Patient Infected with Covid-19: A Case Report
title_fullStr Microsurgical Resection of Glioblastoma in a Patient Infected with Covid-19: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Microsurgical Resection of Glioblastoma in a Patient Infected with Covid-19: A Case Report
title_sort microsurgical resection of glioblastoma in a patient infected with covid-19: a case report
publisher Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
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