text: Practice patterns in surgical neuro oncology among low and middle income countries during the coronavirus 19 pandemic A scoping review and situational report from the Philippines The coronavirus disease 2019 COVID 19 pandemic has negatively impacted the outcomes of surgical neuro oncology patients worldwide We aimed to review the practice patterns in surgical neuro oncology in low and middle income countries LMICs We also present a situational report from our own country A scoping review was performed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews Guidelines Twelve studies were included in the review Most of the studies were from Asia India China Iran Turkey and one was from Brazil Quantitative reports showed a decrease in the number of surgical neuro oncology operations between pre and post COVID 19 time frames but similar proportions of neuro oncology procedures Qualitative review showed similar practice patterns between LMICs and high income countries HICs except for limitations in resources such as negative pressure operating rooms and intensive care units and maintenance of face to face consults despite the adoption of telemedicine Limited data on adjuvant therapy was available in LMICs In our review we found that the practice patterns in surgical neuro oncology in LMICs during the COVID 19 pandemic are similar to those in HICs except for a few modifications due to resource limitation and patient preferences 