Mortality as an indicator of quality of neurosurgical care in England: a retrospective cohort study.
Adam J WahbaDavid A CromwellPeter John HutchinsonRyan Koshy MathewNick PhillipsPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
Postoperative mortality lacks statistical power as a measure of individual neurosurgeon performance. Neurosurgical units in England performed sufficient procedure numbers overall and in several subspecialty areas to support the use of mortality as a quality indicator.