AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Medical errors in neurosurgery.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network



Medical errors in neurosurgery.

Rolston JD, Zygourakis CC, Han SJ, Lau CY, Berger MS, Parsa AT. Surg Neurol Int. 2014;5(suppl 10):S435-S440.

This study reviewed the literature describing medical errors in neurosurgery. Only one-quarter of errors were attributable to technical faults, highlighting the importance of systems-based solutions. The authors make recommendations to augment research in neurosurgical medical errors.

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