Measuring surgical outcomes in neurosurgery: Implementation, analysis, and auditing a prospective series of more than 5000 procedures

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 947-954

  Theodosopoulos, Philip V ^a   Ringer, Andrew J ^a   McPherson, Christopher M ^a   Warnick, Ronald E ^a   Kuntz, Charles I V ^a   Zuccarello, Mario ^a   Tew, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication rate; Outcome; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPENSATION; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; NURSE; NURSING HOME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; REOPERATION; SKULL SURGERY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 84868342475     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.7.JNS111622     Document Type: Article

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