A novel hospital capacity versus clinical justification triage score (CCTS) for prioritization of spinal surgeries in the “new normal state & quot; of the COVID-19 pandemic

ConclusionThis study is a proof of concept for the novel CCTS scoring system to prioritize surgeries to meet the rapidly changing demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. It offers a simple and objective method to stratify patients who require surgery and allows these complex and difficult decisions to be unbiased and made transparently among surgeons and hospital administrators.
Source: European Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research