Wrong-site craniotomy: Analysis of 35 cases and systems for prevention - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 461-473

  Cohen, Fred L ^a,b   Mendelsohn, Daniel ^c   Bernstein, Mark ^c  

^a Palm Beach Zoo   (United States)

^b Gary Roberts and Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Error; Wrong site surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CRANIOTOMY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENCE; NEUROIMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ERROR; WRONG SITE CRANIOTOMY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRENDS;

COMMUNICATION; CRANIOTOMY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 77956918738     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.JNS091282     Document Type: Review

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