Abstract Background 5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-guided resection of gliomas in adults
enables better differentiation between tumor and normal brain tissue, allowing a higher …

Malignant glioma surgery involves the challenge of preserving the neurological status of
patients harboring these lesions while pursuing a maximal tumor resection, which is …

Background The aim of the study was to determine pre-operative factors associated with
adverse events occurring within 30 days after neurosurgical tumor treatment in a German …

Background The current draft of the German Hospital Structure Law requires remuneration
to incorporate quality indicators. For neurosurgery, several quality indicators have been …

Background and Objectives: Spinal intramedullary hemangioblastomas (SIMH) are benign
vascular lesions that are pathological hallmarks of von Hippel-Lindau disease (vHL) and …

Background A shift in how we evaluate healthcare outcomes has driven the introduction of
quality indicators as potential parameters to evaluate value-based healthcare delivery. So …

Objective Quality indicators are emerging as tools to evaluate health care outcomes. Few
studies have evaluated indicators suitable for neurosurgery so far. Among others …

METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study including patients with SM who
underwent surgery at our department between 1996 and 2020. Cohorts included patients …

Background Neurosurgical practice has seen major changes over several decades. There
are no recent evaluations of national neurosurgical practice. The aim of this observational …

OBJECTIVE Surgery is the cornerstone in the management of pediatric brain tumors. To
provide safe and effective health services, quantifying and evaluating quality of care are …