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STUDY

When the bone flap hits the floor.

Jankowitz BT, Kondziolka DS. Neurosurgery. 2006;59:585-590.

REVIEW

Spinal surgery and patient safety: a systems approach.

Wong DA. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2006;14:226-232.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Feud between Cedars-Sinai and surgeon puts focus on patient safety.

Zarembo A. Los Angeles Times. April 6, 2010.

REVIEW

Surgical checklists: a detailed review of their emergence, development, and relevance to neurosurgical practice.

McConnell DJ, Fargen KM, Mocco J. Surg Neurol Int. 2012;3:2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Third wrong-sided brain surgery at R.I. hospital.

Associated Press. MSNBC. November 27, 2007.

STUDY

Impact of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education work-hour regulations on neurosurgical resident education and productivity.

Jagannathan J, Vates GE, Pouratian N, et al. J Neurosurg. 2009;110:820-827.

STUDY

"Team time-out" and surgical safety—experiences in 12,390 neurosurgical patients.

Oszvald Á, Vatter H, Byhahn C, Seifert V, Güresir E. Neurosurg Focus. 2012;33:E6.

COMMENTARY

Resident duty hour regulation and patient safety: establishing a balance between concerns about resident fatigue and adequate training in neurosurgery.

Grady MS, Batjer HH, Dacey RG. J Neurosurg. 2009;110:828-836.

STUDY

Harvey Cushing's open and thorough documentation of surgical mishaps at the dawn of neurologic surgery.

Latimer K, Pendleton C, Olivi A, Cohen-Gadol AA, Brem H, Quiñones-Hinojosa A. Arch Surg. 2011;146:226-232.

STUDY

Is there a "July phenomenon" in pediatric neurosurgery at teaching hospitals?

Smith ER, Butler WE, Barker FG 2nd. J Neurosurg. 2006;105(suppl 3):169-176.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Risk Prevention and Surgical Checklists.

Neurosurg Focus. 2012;33:E1-E16.

STUDY

Inappropriate surgeries resulting from misdiagnosis of early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Srinivasan J, Scala S, Jones HR, Saleh F, Russell JA. Muscle Nerve. 2006;34:359-360.

STUDY

Prospective error recording in surgery: an analysis of 1108 elective neurosurgical cases.

Stone S, Bernstein M. Neurosurgery. 2007;60:1075-1080; discussion 1080-1082.

STUDY

Side errors in neurosurgery.

Mitchell P, Nicholson CL, Jenkins A. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2006;148:1289-92.

STUDY

The prevalence of wrong level surgery among spine surgeons.

Mody MG, Nourbakhsh A, Stahl DL, Gibbs M, Alfawareh M, Garges KJ. Spine. 2008;33:194-198.

STUDY

Medication-error reporting and pharmacy resident experience during implementation of computerized prescriber order entry.

Weant KA, Cook AM, Armitstead JA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:526-530.

STUDY

Wrong-site craniotomy: analysis of 35 cases and systems for prevention.

Cohen FL, Mendelsohn D, Bernstein M. J Neurosurg. 2010;113:461-473.

STUDY

Eight-year experience with a neurosurgical checklist.

Lyons MK. Am J Med Qual. 2010;25:285-288.

COMMENTARY

To err is human: quality and safety issues in spine care.

Wong DA, Watters WC 3rd. Spine. 2007;32(suppl 11):S2-S8.

STUDY

Results of a national neurosurgery resident survey on duty hour regulations.

Fargen KM, Chakraborty A, Friedman WA. Neurosurgery. 2011;69:1162-1170.

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