COVID-19 and the rise of virtual medicine in spine surgery: a worldwide study.
Peter R SwiatekJoseph A WeinerDaniel J JohnsonPhilip K LouieMichael H McCarthyGarrett K HaradaNiccole GermscheidJason P Y CheungMarko H NevaMohammad El-SharkawiMarcelo ValaccoDaniel M SciubbaNorman B ChutkanHoward S AnDino SamartzisPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2021)
COVID-19 has changed spine surgery by triggering rapid adoption of virtual medicine practices. The demonstrated global interest in virtual medicine suggests that it may become part of the "new normal" for surgeons in the post-pandemic era.