{"id":800,"date":"2025-11-17T14:41:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wptest.raylytic.com\/?page_id=800"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:43:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:43:02","slug":"case-study-dr-sobottke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.raylytic.com\/en\/references\/case-study-dr-sobottke\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study Dr Sobottke"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"800\" class=\"elementor elementor-800\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f56a5b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f56a5b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ef6f9c\" data-id=\"9ef6f9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c81b8b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c81b8b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Dr. Rolf Sobottke \/\/ Rhein-Maas Clinic<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51794d8d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"51794d8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f4a78bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f4a78bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Uncovering the effects COVID-19 on spinal surgery in Germany: A real-world inquiry using the German Spine Society (DWG) spine registry <\/b><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3babe1ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3babe1ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51aba5b4\" data-id=\"51aba5b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d76a1e9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d76a1e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60271c23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60271c23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Challenge<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40cf41b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40cf41b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions to acute and elective healthcare pathways globally. How the pandemic affected surgical spine care in Germany has, however, not yet been assessed in detail using multicentric data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-435b196\" data-id=\"435b196\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32bf25e3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"32bf25e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e782dc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e782dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Solution<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d1922c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d1922c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Together with Prof. Dr. Rolf Sobottke, MD, PhD \u2013 director of the Center for Orthopedics, Traumatology, and Reconstructive Surgery as well as attending surgeon for spinal surgery, neurosurgery, and specialty orthopedics at the Rhein-Maas Clinic in Aachen, Germany \u2013 RAYLYTIC performed an analysis of data derived from the German Spine Society (DWG) patient registry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b54387b\" data-id=\"1b54387b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bd16726 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6bd16726\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e5972b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41e5972b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Outcome<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e510e25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e510e25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The analysis has yielded a more nuanced depiction of spine surgery under pandemic conditions, which may help surgeons provide evidence-based treatment to vulnerable patient populations during public health crises.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12c4f077 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12c4f077\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cdb9805\" data-id=\"2cdb9805\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64f98603 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64f98603\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raylytic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tablets-references-unity-dashboard-1024x696.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-807\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raylytic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tablets-references-unity-dashboard-1024x696.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.raylytic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tablets-references-unity-dashboard-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.raylytic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tablets-references-unity-dashboard-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/www.raylytic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tablets-references-unity-dashboard-1536x1044.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.raylytic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tablets-references-unity-dashboard.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e657630\" data-id=\"2e657630\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-479c98f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"479c98f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Excerpt<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69478a1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69478a1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly strained healthcare globally. Critically ill COVID patients surged into hospitals, seizing resources from acute and elective surgical care. But how exactly did this affect spinal surgical care in Germany?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67b06a5c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67b06a5c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-416f0111\" data-id=\"416f0111\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4daf9ae4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4daf9ae4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Challenge: Major disruptions, unclear effects<\/b><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d9a9d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d9a9d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Germany in early 2020, its effects reverberated through all facets of daily life.\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">These were felt especially in the field of healthcare. Quickly evident was the fact that many healthcare facilities were underequipped to balance surges of critically ill patients with routine elective and acute surgical care.<\/span><\/p><p>The immense strain on established healthcare pathways ultimately revealed two striking deficiencies in Germany\u2019s healthcare infrastructure: lagging digitalization and a shortage in skilled healthcare laborers.<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">The former has intensified concerns about the availability of data useful in prioritizing surgical interventions and, ultimately, providing high-risk patient populations with adequate care in the face of public health crises.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0While the pandemic\u2019s effects on certain spinal surgical interventions, such as spinal fusion<sup>2<\/sup>, have already been investigated, the impact of the pandemic on spinal surgery as a whole has yet to be explored using multicentric registry data.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47f68d94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47f68d94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Solution: German Spine Society (DWG) spine registry analysis <\/b> <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1406cc22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1406cc22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To gain more nuanced insights into the effect on the pandemic both on spinal surgery as a whole and on individual spinal pathologies, Prof. Dr. Sobottke partnered with RAYLYTIC to conducting an in-depth analysis of the registry data.<\/p><p>But working with the registry data presented its own set of challenges. To manage the amount, complexity, and volatility of the registry data, advanced data analysis methods were applied. \u00a0Over 100 German hospitals and clinics were continually entering data while the analysis took place. To control for this change, identical clinics \u2013 or clinics present in the registry both before and after the start of the pandemic \u2013 were identified to include 96 clinics for the year 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4358e0e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4358e0e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raylytic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/COVID-19-Pandemic-Effects-Spine-Surgery.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-809\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raylytic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/COVID-19-Pandemic-Effects-Spine-Surgery.png 553w, https:\/\/www.raylytic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/COVID-19-Pandemic-Effects-Spine-Surgery-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Fig. 1: Progression of the absolute number of spinal surgical interventions by month before (2018-2019) and during (2020-2021) the pandemic.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e45f90e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3e45f90e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f9aba48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f9aba48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Outcomes: Valuable information for vulnerable patients <\/b><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-564c0086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"564c0086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The analysis of the patient registry showed that overall fewer surgical spinal interventions took place in 2020 than in 2019. Drops in the absolute number of interventions coincided with pandemic waves.\u00a0 In March and April 2019, there were up to 1250 less surgical interventions in April \u2013 a statistically significant drop \u2013 and around 750 fewer interventions in March. Additionally, patients with degenerative diseases experienced a notable drop in performed surgeries during the first pandemic wave. Critical patient categories such as tumors and infections were also characterized by a drop in surgical interventions.<\/p><p>These results have created a clearer, more nuanced depiction of elective and acute spinal surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. The information gathered from the analysis of the complex data sourced from the DWG patient registry could contribute to substantiating the evidence-based treatment and improved prioritization of high-risk patient populations during public health emergencies.<\/p><p>The results of the analysis have been presented at leading conferences in spine and orthopedics, including the 73<sup>rd<\/sup> conference of the German Society for Neurosurgery in 2022 in Cologne, Germany as well as Eurospine 2022 in Milan, Italy as well as the yearly convention of the German Spine Society in 2022 in Berlin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b068231 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b068231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bde2778 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bde2778\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>1 https:\/\/www.aicgs.org\/2021\/11\/challenges-for-the-german-healthcare-system-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-and-beyond\/<\/em><\/p><p><em>2 Abduljawwad, Nehad et al. (2023): Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Spinal Fusion Procedures for Spinal Infections in a Nationwide Hospital Network in Germany.<\/em><\/p><p><em>3 Sobottke R, Teuben M, Siewe J, Afifi A. (2022): Two years COVID-19 pandemic waves: The impact on volume of spine surgery in Germany : A German Spine Registry (DWG) analysis. Brain Spine. 2022;2:101004. doi: 10.1016\/j.bas.2022.101004. Epub 2022 Oct 13. 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