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authors: Khalafallah, Adham M.; Jimenez, Adrian E.; Mukherjee, Debraj
title: In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding “Impact of COVID-19 on an Academic Neurosurgery Department: The Johns Hopkins Experience”
date: 2020-08-08
journal: World Neurosurg
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.08.033
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doc_id: 964337
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The authors thank Dr. Venkataram and colleagues for their thoughtful and thorough 1 analysis of our recent study "Impact of COVID-19 on an Academic Neurosurgery Department: 2 The Johns Hopkins Experience." 1 As stated in our paper, we believe that publishing the unique 3 experiences of different academic medical centers during the COVID-19 pandemic is essential in 4 clarifying the many challenges facing both American neurosurgery as well as neurosurgery 5 across the world, and we also believe sharing such information is important for establishing a 6 consensus regarding best practices as the situation continues to evolve. In their response to our 7 study, the authors shared important information about the pandemic's effect on Indian 8 neurosurgery, comparing and contrasting their findings with our results. We thank the authors for 9 their contribution, and we appreciate their comments on what a "way forward" may look like as 10 travel restrictions and lockdown mandates are eased, and as neurosurgeons aim toward returning 11 to pre-pandemic caseloads. We agree that it is crucial for neurosurgeons to begin clearing patient 12 backlogs of canceled elective cases to avoid disease progression and worse prognosis among 

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