Background: During the past several decades, numerous centers have acquired significant
expertise in the treatment of skull base pathologies. Favorable outcomes are not only due to …

Background: The use of multidisciplinary in-hospital teams limits adverse events (AE),
improves outcomes, and adds to patient and employee satisfaction. Methods: Acting like …

Objective The integration of multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) for neurosurgical care
has been accepted worldwide. Our objective was to review the literature for the limiting …

Despite only representing about 2% of all cancer diagnoses, patients with primary brain
tumors are some of the most complex patients in the medical system. Medical personnel …

From the beginning, skull base surgery was at the juncture of multiple specialties and
borrowed from the domains of neurosurgery, otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, plastic …

Outcomes-directed approaches to quality improvement have been adopted by diverse
industries and are increasingly the focus of government-mandated reforms to health care …

During the past decade, the US health care system has faced increasing challenges in
delivering high quality of care, ensuring patient safety, providing access to care, and …

✓ Despite the major social and economic reorganization of medical practice that has taken
place during the past 40 years, neurosurgery—the most fascinating specialty in all of clinical …

In our discipline, neurosurgery, the role of the leader has evolved and has been
complemented by the collaboration of specific professionals of different disciplines, aiming …

Background: Worldwide, neurological disorders are the leading cause of disability-adjusted
life years lost and the second leading cause of death. Despite global health capacity …