Spinal surgery complications: an unsolved problem-Is the World Health Organization Safety Surgical Checklist an useful tool to reduce them?
Giovanni Barbanti-BrodanoCristiana GriffoniJarkko HalmeGiuseppe TedescoSilvia TerziStefano BandieraRiccardo GhermandiGisberto EvangelistiMarco GirolamiValerio PipolaAlessandro GasbarriniAsdrubal FalavignaPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2019)
The SSC seems to be an effective tool to reduce complications in spinal surgery. We propose to extend the use of checklist system also to the preoperative and postoperative phases in order to further reduce the incidence of complications. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.