8. DAVID NETUKA ♂
Information acquired: 2025
DAVID NETUKA is an academic who published a paper in 2021 entitled Tre,,ds and outcomes for nonâ€'elective neurosurgical procedures in Central Europe during the COVIDâ. DAVID NETUKA published this work as part of a team: Grassner, Lukas. Here is a description of this work: The,,world currently faces the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic. Little is known about the efects of a pandemic on non-elective neurosurgical practices, which have continued under modifed conditions to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This knowledge might be critical for the ongoing second coronavirus wave and potential restrictions on health care. We aimed to determine the incidence and 30-day mortality rate of various non-elective neurosurgical procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. A retrospective, multi-centre observational cohort study among neurosurgical centres within Austria, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland was performed. Incidence of neurosurgical emergencies and related 30-day mortality rates were determined for a period refecting the peak pandemic of the frst wave in all participating countries (i.