Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comparative Study
. 2011 Jun;153(6):1237-43; author reply 1245.
doi: 10.1007/s00701-011-1030-5. Epub 2011 May 4.

Bigger is bigger. Better is better

Ole Solheim, Johan Cappelen
Comparative Study

Bigger is bigger. Better is better

Ole Solheim et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2011 Jun.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment on

  • Subspecialisation in neurosurgery-does size matter?
    Chumas P, Kenny T, Stiller C. Chumas P, et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2011 Jun;153(6):1231-6. doi: 10.1007/s00701-011-0970-0. Epub 2011 Mar 10. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2011. PMID: 21547494 Review. No abstract available.

References

    1. Aujesky D, Mor MK, Geng M, Fine MJ, Renaud B, Ibrahim SA. Hospital volume and patient outcomes in pulmonary embolism. CMAJ. 2008;178:27–33. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Bardach NS, Zhao S, Gress DR, Lawton MT, Johnston SC. Association between subarachnoid hemorrhage outcomes and number of cases treated at California hospitals. Stroke. 2002;33:1851–1856. doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000019126.43079.7B. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Barker FG., 2nd Craniotomy for the resection of metastatic brain tumors in the U.S., 1988–2000: decreasing mortality and the effect of provider caseload. Cancer. 2004;100:999–1007. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20058. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Barker FG, 2nd, Amin-Hanjani S, Butler WE, Ogilvy CS, Carter BS. In-hospital mortality and morbidity after surgical treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in the United States, 1996–2000: the effect of hospital and surgeon volume. Neurosurgery. 2003;52:995–1007. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000057743.56678.5F. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Barker FG, 2nd, Carter BS, Ojemann RG, Jyung RW, Poe DS, McKenna MJ. Surgical excision of acoustic neuroma: patient outcome and provider caseload. Laryngoscope. 2003;113:1332–1343. doi: 10.1097/00005537-200308000-00013. - DOI - PubMed

MeSH terms