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Major Spinal Surgery Between Two Documented COVID-19 Infections in an Elderly Female: A Case Report Authors

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creativeworkseries.issnJNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Bishruti
dc.contributor.authorPaudyal, Nabin
dc.contributor.authorRajbhandari, Binod
dc.contributor.authorPradhanang, Amit
dc.contributor.authorDwa, Nikita
dc.contributor.authorPradhan, Ajay
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Mohan Raj
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-16T05:39:54Z
dc.date.available2026-02-16T05:39:54Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionBishruti Sharma Department of Neurosurgery, Chirayau National Hospital and Medical Institute, Basundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8128-3388 Nabin Paudyal Department of Surgery, Nobel Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal Binod Rajbhandari Department of Neurosurgery, Chirayau National Hospital and Medical Institute, Basundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal Amit Pradhanang Department of Neurosurgery, Chirayau National Hospital and Medical Institute, Basundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal Nikita Dwa Department of Internal Medicine, Chirayau National Hospital and Medical Institute, Basundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal Ajay Pradhan Department of Internal Medicine, Chirayau National Hospital and Medical Institute, Basundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal Mohan Raj Sharma Department of Neurosurgery, Chirayau National Hospital and Medical Institute, Basundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Documented re-infection of COVID-19 is uncommon and doing a major spinal surgery in an elderly patient right after the recovery from the first event is itself a major undertaking. Re-infection after successful surgery points to the possibility of COVID-19 infection being a post-surgical complication. Here, we report a case of a 72-years-old elderly female who had presented to us with features of COVID-19 infection confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay and unstable spinal fracture who underwent a pedicle screw fixation for the fracture of the third and fourth thoracic vertebrae after two consecutive negative serology assays. A month after discharge from the hospital, she presented with severe symptoms of COVID-19 again confirmed by two consecutive polymerase chain reaction assays. She was managed conservatively and was discharged without significant respiratory and neurological complications. We described this case in detail in addition to reviewing the pertinent literature.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6507
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/4766
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNepal Medical Association
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectre-infection
dc.subjectspinal fracture
dc.titleMajor Spinal Surgery Between Two Documented COVID-19 Infections in an Elderly Female: A Case Report Authors
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local.article.typeCase Report
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