背景:严重急性呼吸系统综合症冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)的爆发对神经外科护理的提供产生了影响,它正在改变世界范围内的围手术期实践。我们介绍了一名77岁女性COVID-19阳性的颅骨切除术和食管鳞癌孤立小脑转移的文献中的第一例。在这些特殊情况下,我们表明,足够的医疗资源和风险评估对于接受急诊手术的COVID-19患者的管理至关重要.
方法:本病例于2019年接受食管鳞癌治疗。2020年4月,她的临床表现恶化,包括吞咽困难,腹痛,失足和共济失调。进行了头部CT扫描,显示存在孤立的小脑转移。她相关的SARS-CoV-2阳性状态代表了她住院期间的主要临床问题。
结论:患者接受了枕下颅骨切除术,转移转移。她在术前和术后检测出SARS-CoV-2阳性,但她没有被送进重症监护室,因为她没有出现任何呼吸道并发症。她的生命参数和炎症指数落在参考范围内,经过严格的COVID-19措施,她在我们的神经外科病房被隔离了16天。她无症状,没有治疗COVID-19的任何特异性和非特异性症状。
结论:这是首例COVID-19阳性患者手术的食管癌单发小脑转移病例。研究表明,如果使用足够的个人防护设备(PPE),无症状的COVID-19阳性患者可以接受重大紧急手术,而不会感染手术团队。尽管经历了诸如重大紧急神经外科手术之类的应激性事件,但患者仍无症状且未发展为疾病的活动期。在当前的危机中,预防性COVID-19筛查测试可以识别接受重大急诊手术的无症状患者,医护人员的充分资源规划和个人防护设备(PPE)可以最大限度地减少COVID-19大流行的影响.
BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak has an impact on the delivery of neurosurgical care, and it is changing the perioperative practice worldwide. We present the first
case in the literature of craniectomy procedure and asportation of a solitary cerebellar metastasis of the oesophagus squamous carcinoma in a 77 years old woman COVID-19 positive. In these particular circumstances, we show that adequate healthcare resources and risk assessments are essential in the management of COVID-19 patients referred to emergency surgery.
METHODS: The
case here presented was treated in 2019 for squamous carcinoma of the oesophagus. In April 2020, she presented a deterioration of her clinical picture consisting of dysphagia, abdominal pain, hyposthenia and ataxia. A Head CT scan was performed, which showed the presence of a solitary cerebellar metastasis. Her associated SARS-CoV-2 positivity status represented the principal clinical concern throughout her hospitalisation.
CONCLUSIONS: The patient underwent a suboccipital craniectomy procedure with metastasis asportation. She tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the pre- and post-operative phases, but she was not admitted to the intensive care unit because she did not present any respiratory complications. Her vital parameters and inflammation indexes fell within the reference ranges, and she was kept in isolation for 16 days in our neurosurgical unit following strict COVID-19 measures. She was asymptomatic and not treated for any of the specific and non-specific symptoms of COVID-19.
CONCLUSIONS: This is the first
case reported of solitary cerebellar metastasis of oesophagus carcinoma operated on a COVID-19 positive patient. It shows that asymptomatic COVID-19 positive patients can undergo major emergency surgeries without the risk of infecting the operating team if adequate Personal Protection Equipment (
PPE) is used. The patient remained asymptomatic and did not develop the disease\'s active phase despite undergoing a stressful event such as a major emergency neurosurgical procedure. In the current crisis, a prophylactic COVID-19 screening test can identify asymptomatic patients undergoing major emergency surgery and adequate resource planning and Personal Protective Equipment (
PPE) for healthcare workers can minimise the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.