How to compare outcomes and complications in neurosurgery: We must make the mission possible!
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We have read with great interest the paper entitled: “How to compare clinical results of different neurosurgical centers? Is a classification of complications in neurosurgery necessary for this purpose?” published by Brock et al. on Surgical Neurology International.[1] This is a crucial topic, which is finally gaining the long‐yearned attention it deserves, both in modern medicine and in neurosurgery. The definition and classification of complications in neurosurgery are, in fact, two important instruments for quality assessment within and among different neurosurgical centers.
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