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Minim Invasive Neurosurg 2001; 44(2): 95-98
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-16007
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Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Quality Planning for Minimally Invasive Procedures in Neurosurgery

F. Duffner1 , D. Freudenstein1 , F. Hohenstein2 , M. Skalej3 , E. H. Grote1
  • 1Klinik für Neurochirurgie der Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
  • 2Klinik für Neurochirurgie der Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
  • 3Abteilung für Neuroradiologie der Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Publication Date:
31 December 2001 (online)

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Parallel to the introduction of a minimally invasive method in a department, a documentation system should be introduced for quality management. The first step of quality management of an innovation is quality planning. During the course of patients being treated neuroendoscopically, the pre- and postoperative imaging, the intraoperative video recording, the patient-relevant files and the data of the planning have to be documented. These amounts of data require a multimedial documentation concept.

We found the CD-ROM as an optimal documentation media because the discs are both cheap and easily accessible and once stored extremely robust against external influences. Therefore, every neuroendoscopically treated patient is documented with all relevant pictures, files and video sequences on a single CD-ROM.

Key words:

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery - Quality Assessment - Quality Planning - Neuroendoscopy

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Corresponding Author:

Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. E. H. Grote

Ärztlicher Direktor der Klinik für Neurochirurgieder Universität Tübingen

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72076 Tübingen

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