Richard Chua, MD, a neurosurgeon with Northwest NeuroSpecialists in Tucson, Ariz., spoke to Becker's Spine Review about how his practice has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and steps he is taking to return to elective surgeries on May 1.
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Pascal Jabbour, MD, chief of neurovascular surgery and endovascular neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals said that reports of strokes in younger COVID-19 patients is challenging how physicians understand the virus, The Washington Post reports.
Benjamin Domb, MD, founder and medical director of the American Hip Institute & Orthopedic Specialists in Des Plaines, Ill., is an advocate of lifting restrictions on procedures deemed elective.
Johnstown-based Western Pennsylvania Orthopedics-Conemaugh Physicians Group has rescheduled 120-plus procedures since March 20, according to The Tribune-Democrat.