COVID-19 pandemic: An update on the reaction attitude of the spine societies and their members worldwide

Table 1 List of the 8 spinal continental societies

Continental societies	Links
World Spinal Column Society	https://www.worldspinalcolumn.org/
The Africa Spinal Cord Injury Network	http://www.afscin.org/afscin-4-2020
Asian Spinal Cord Network	https://ascon.info/
International Spinal Cord Society	https://www.iscos.org.uk/
North American Spine Society	https://www.spine.org/
European Spine Society	https://www.eurospine.org/
Asia Pacific Spine Society	https://www.apssonline.org/
Latin America	https://www.silaco.org/acerca

Table 2 List of the 7 specialty-based societies

Specialty-based societies	Links
International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery	https://www.isass.org/
AOSpine	https://aospine.aofoundation.org
Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery	http://ismiss.com/1-0-Home.html
Scoliosis Research Society	https://www.srs.org/
Cervical Spine Research Society	https://www.csrs.org/
The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine	https://www.issls.org/
Spine Intervention Society	https://www.spineintervention.org/

Table 3 List of the 12 country-based societies

Country-based societies	Links
Italian Spine Society	https://www.gis-italia.org/
Saudi Spine Society	http://saudispine.org/
Association of Spine Surgeons of India	http://assi.in
Singapore Spine Society	https://www.singaporespinesociety.org.sg/
German Spine Society	https://www.dwg.org/startseite/
French Spine Society	http://scfr.it
Egyptian Spine Association	https://www.facebook.com/Egyspine/
Chinese Spine Society	https://www.apssonline.org/
Iranian Spine Surgery	http://www.aicnss.com/
British Ass. Spine Surgeons	https://spinesurgeons.ac.uk/
Canadian Spine Society	https://spinecanada.ca/
Brazilian Spine Society	http://www.plataformainterativa2.com/coluna/

Table 4 Selection of 28 articles from members of the spine societies

Article title	Journal	Society/Country	Ref.
Triaging Spine Surgery in the COVID-19 Era	Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques	AO Spine	[1]
Triaging Spine Surgery and Treatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic	Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology	USA	[2]
French Spine Surgery Society guidelines for management of spinal surgeries during COVID-19 pandemic	World Journal of Clinical Cases	French	[3]
Strategy for the Practice of Spine Oncological Surgery During the Covid-19 Pandemic	Spine	Italy	[6]
Spine Surgery and COVID-19: The Influence of Practice Type on Preparedness, Response, and Economic Impact	Global Spine Journal	AO Spine	[7]
Spine Surgery and COVID-19: Challenges and Strategies from the Front Lines	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery	Singapore	[8]
Spine Surgery and COVID-19: Early Experiences From Singapore	Spine	Singapore	[9]
COVID-19 Nonessential Surgery Restrictions and Spine Surgery: A German Experience	Spine	Germany	[10]
The Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Spine Surgeons: An Asia Pacific Spine Society (APSS) Survey	Spine	Asia Pacific	[11]
COVID-19 and Spine Surgery: A Review and Evolving Recommendations	Global Spine Journal	USA	[4]
Spine surgery in Atlantic Canada in the COVID-19 era: lessons learned so far	Spine	Canada	[12]
Spine Surgery in Italy in the COVID-19 Era: Proposal for Assessing and Responding to the Regional State of Emergency	World Neurosurgery	Italy	[13]
The Saudi Spine Society guidelines on spinal surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic	Journal of Orthopaedics and Research	Saudi	[5]
Recommendations for resuming elective spine surgery in the COVID-19 era	British Journal of Anaesthesiology	USA	[14]
Principles for Managing Patients with Spinal Ailments in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era: What Do We Know So Far? An Evidence-Based, Narrative Review	Asian Spine Journal	India	[15]
Medical care for spinal diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic	Clinics	Brazil	[28]
The management of emergency spinal surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy	Bone and Joint Journal	Italy	[16]
Scoring System to Triage Patients for Spine Surgery in the Setting of Limited Resources: Application to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic and Beyond	World Neurosurgery	USA	[17]
Management of Spine Trauma in COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Report	Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery	Iran	[18]
Advice on Standardized Diagnosis and Treatment for Spinal Diseases during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic	Asian Spine Journal	China	[19]
The Role of Spine Surgeons in the Era of COVID-19 Outbreak	Neurospine	China	[20]
Addressing Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Spine Surgery: A Rapid National Consensus Using the Delphi Method via Teleconference	Asian Spine Journal	Singapore	[21]
Adapting Policy Guidelines for Spine Surgeries During COVID-19 Pandemic in View of Evolving Evidences: An Early Experience From a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital	Cureus	India	[22]
Addressing a national crisis: the spine hospital and department's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City	Spine Journal	USA	[23]
Essential Spine Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Framework for Clinical Practice from a Specialty Orthopedic Hospital in New York City	HSS Journal	USA	[24]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on spinal surgery in Singapore	Singapore Medical Journal	Singapore	[25]
The Novel Corona Virus COVID-19 and Spinal Surgery Practice: Review and Updates	The Egyption Spine Journal	Egypt	[26]
Spine Surgery: Precautions and Strategies to Minimize Perioperative Risks Amid COVID-19 Outbreak	Spine Surgery and Related Research	Japan	[27]

COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.