What you should know:
1. The surgery center closed for four weeks in response to the virus.
2. The surgery center has several precautions in place specifically for endoscopic spine procedures. Patients must have a negative nasal or naso-pharyngeal swab test in their home city, and then must be re-tested once they arrive in Philadelphia.
3. The center already performed its first elective procedure since reopening. It was successful.
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