Yar Pirate Ipsum

DISCUSSION
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 13th, 2020, where Canada saw its first case in early January 2020 and has since rapidly increased to 117,939 cases and 9,154 deaths in Canada by August (Government of Canada). One of the impacts of COVID-19 is the cancellation of elective surgeries globally in the interest of minimizing community spread of the virus. In Canada, one study estimated that over 32,000 elective surgeries would be cancelled per week during the peak of COVID-19 (CovidSurg Collaborative et al 2020).

COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 13th, 2020, where Canada saw its first case in early January 2020 and has since rapidly increased to 117,939 cases and 9,154 deaths in Canada as of August 2020 (Government of Canada). One of the impacts of COVID-19 is the cancellation of nearly 400,000 elective surgeries globally in the interest of minimizing community spread of the virus.

Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) is a form of spine surgery in which the lumbar spine is approached through an incision in the back. The name of the procedure is derived from: transforaminal (through the foramen), lumbar (lower back), interbody (implants or bone graft placed between two vertebral bodies) and fusion (spinal stabilization).