{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]],"date-time":"2026-08-18T04:03:02Z","timestamp":1787025782430,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":14,"publisher":"Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)","issue":"5","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,1]]},"abstract":"\n OBJECTIVE<\/jats:title>\n Intracranial complications of acute bacterial sinusitis are rare pathologies that occur in children, and are associated with significant neurological morbidity and mortality. There is a subjective concern among neurosurgeons that the incidence of this rare disease has increased since the onset of the novel COVID-19 pandemic. The primary objective of this study was to review the presentation and management of patients admitted at the authors\u2019 institution with intracranial extension of sinusitis, to better understand the local disease burden relative to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n METHODS<\/jats:title>\n This is a single-center retrospective observational cohort study. The patients underwent neurosurgical intervention for intracranial extension of sinusitis between January 1, 2007, and March 1, 2023. The historical cohort was defined as those patients who presented prior to March 2020. Clinical covariates such as surgical and microbiological data were collected and analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n A total of 78 patients (55 historical, 23 new) were included; they had a median age of 11.7 years and a male predominance of 69.2%. There was a significant increase in the annual rate of neurosurgical intervention for suppurative intracranial extension of acute bacterial sinusitis after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an average of 4.2 cases per year prior to March 2020 compared to 7.7 cases per year after that date (p = 0.013). This increase was largely driven by the unprecedented case volume of 13 cases in 2022. Patients in the new cohort were older (p = 0.009) and more likely to have Pott\u2019s puffy tumor\/frontal bone osteomyelitis (p = 0.003) at the time of presentation than patients in the historical cohort. Patients in the new cohort had lower rates of readmission within 30 days of discharge than those in the historical cohort (p = 0.047). In both cohorts, patients with seizure on presentation were more likely to have neurological sequelae at last follow-up (p = 0.004), which occurred at a median of 2.9 months after discharge.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n Clinicians encountering pediatric patients presenting with persistent symptoms of acute bacterial sinusitis must have a high index of suspicion for suppurative intracranial extension. Prompt neuroimaging and subsequent neurosurgical intervention are critical to ensure timely diagnosis and treatment. The results in this study show a significant increase in the number of neurosurgical interventions for suppurative intracranial extension of sinusitis per year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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