key: cord-1001386-e0hxafbv
authors: Sornsa-ard, Tuanrit; Niramitsantiphong, Anugoon; Liawrungrueang, Wongthawat
title: Response to: Management of Traumatic Spinal Fracture in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Situation
date: 2020-05-12
journal: Asian Spine J
DOI: 10.31616/asj.2020.0195.r2
sha: 1d0e07bd4ad45ead770cd6daab7a2e2e5a01fbcf
doc_id: 1001386
cord_uid: e0hxafbv

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We appreciate the letter regarding our manuscript entitled "Management of traumatic spinal fracture in the coronavirus disease 2019 situation [1] . " We thank the reader(s) for reading our article. Our reply to your comment is as follows:

Our reply: At first, the authors want to say thank you for the reader's comments and concern. In our review article [1] , all authors want to establish the prototype to help and protect the healthcare professional. This algorithm should be revised or modified according to updated knowledge of prevention, novel treatment, and laboratory testing technology for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). All of the authors hope that the readers will use this algorithm as a prototype and modify/develop for better protocol.

All authors agree with the reader recommending that universal precautions should be used in the surgical management of any patients during the COVID-19 outbreak [2, 3] . Nakornping Hospital uses "Guideline for personal protective equipment usage for COVID-19 prevention in Nakornping Hospital Chiang Mai (The Committee of Infectious Disease Control Nakornping Hospital; the 2nd revision 16th April 2020)" (Table 1 ). If the reader requests the Thai version, please directly contact the Nakornping Hospital, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. 

Liawrungrueang W. Management of traumatic spinal fracture in the coronavirus disease 2019 situation

What healthcare personnel should know about caring for patients with confirmed or possible CO-VID-19 infection

Strategies for optimizing the supply of N95 respirators

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thank you to the Institutional Ethics Review Board at Nakornping Hospital for proof of this letter.

Tuanrit Sornsa-ard: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4021-1278 Wongthawat Liawrungrueang: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4491-6569