Awake Craniotomy Program Implementation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Implementing multidisciplinary teams for treatment of complex brain tumors needing awake craniotomies is associated with significant costs. To date, there is a paucity of analysis on the cost utility of introducing advanced multidisciplinary standardized teams to enable awake craniotomies.

Objective

To assess the cost utility of introducing a standardized program of awake craniotomies.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective economic evaluation was conducted at Mayo Clinic Florida. All patients with single, unilateral lesions who underwent elective awake craniotomies between January 2016 and December 2021 were considered eligible for inclusion. The economic perspective of the health care institution and a time horizon of 1 year were considered. Da

SUBMITTER: Moniz-Garcia D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10809012 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature