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cord-328869-2qmgjdc1	Goyal, Anshit	Survey of Academic US Programs Regarding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Clinical Practice, Education and Research in Neurosurgery	2020-06-10		.txt	text/plain	1498	62	40	1 However, a few weeks following this directive, multiple state administrations lifted the embargo on elective procedures after ongoing evaluation of case numbers and considering the potential adverse impact of persistent cancellation on other non-COVID patients and financial risk to hospitals. To understand how different academic neurosurgery departments across the US responded to this devastating COVID19 pandemic, we conducted a national survey of program leaders to determine the measures taken for ensuring patient and personnel safety and adapting to teaching and research needs. Certainly, there are limitations to this survey given the low response rate (~20%).While most departments pursued important policies such as cancellation of non-urgent surgeries and performed COVID testing preoperatively, we did find a small number of respondents who reported not offering preoperative testing routinely.	./cache/cord-328869-2qmgjdc1.txt	./txt/cord-328869-2qmgjdc1.txt