Quantitative analysis of adverse events in neurosurgery.

Kiyohiro Houkin; Takeo Baba; Yoshihiro Minamida; Tadashi Nonaka; Izumi Koyanagi; Satoshi Iiboshi

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Quantitative analysis of adverse events in neurosurgery.

September 2, 2009

Houkin K, Baba T, Minamida Y, et al. Neurosurgery. 2009;65(3):587-94; discussion 594.

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Analysis of cases from neurosurgery morbidity and mortality conferences found that while the overall incidence of adverse events was high, most were not considered preventable.

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