Feasibility of an operational standardized checklist for movement disorder surgery: A pilot study

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-100

  Connolly, Patrick J ^a,b   Kilpatrick, Michaux ^a   Jaggi, Jurg L ^a   Church, Ephraim ^a   Baltuch, Gordon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Health care system; Medical errors; Movement disorder surgery; Neurosurgery; Operational checklist; Surgical errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; SURGICAL ERROR;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROSURGERY; PILOT PROJECTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60449113503     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000202975     Document Type: Article

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