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Acta Neurochirurgica
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica 6/2020

01-06-2020 | COVID-19 | Editorial

Neurosurgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: update from Lombardy, northern Italy

Authors: Cesare Zoia, Daniele Bongetta, Pierlorenzo Veiceschi, Marco Cenzato, Francesco Di Meco, Davide Locatelli, Davide Boeris, Marco M. Fontanella

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 6/2020

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Since February, 21st 2020, when the first person infected was reported in Lombardy, Italy rapidly became home to a massive Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Currently, on 21th March, 53,578 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Italy. 6072 patients are now hospitalized. The number of deaths has risen to 4825 while 6072 were declared healed [4]. This data shows that Italy is, currently, the second most affected nation in the world by the epidemic, second only to China. …
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Title
Neurosurgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: update from Lombardy, northern Italy
Authors
Cesare Zoia
Daniele Bongetta
Pierlorenzo Veiceschi
Marco Cenzato
Francesco Di Meco
Davide Locatelli
Davide Boeris
Marco M. Fontanella
Publication date
01-06-2020
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Keyword
COVID-19
Published in
Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 6/2020
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04305-w

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