Neurosurgical checklists: A review

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Zuckerman, Scott L ^a   Green, Cain S ^b   Carr, Kevin R ^a   Dewan, Michael C ^a   Morone, Peter J ^a   Mocco, J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Neurosurgery; Neurosurgical checklist; Preventable error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHECKLIST; CHILD; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MEDICAL ERROR; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPINE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; CHILD; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEOPLASMS; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SPINE;

EID: 84871404413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.FOCUS12257     Document Type: Article

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