Acute care in neurosurgery Research Group
Part of the daily routine in neurosurgery is the treatment of emergency room admissions, and acute cases from other departments or from outside hospitals. This acute care is rarely analysed scientifically in respect of quantity and quality of care provided by neurosurgeons.
Projects
Our Research Group is focussing on clinical and cost outcome measurement and innovation specifically in neurosurgical patients who need acute care. We divide our group in three overall projects:
1. Traumatic injury to the brain, spine and nerves
2. Vascular injury e.g. intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage
3. Prevention of long-term deficit after acute injury and rehabilitation
Key publications
Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research
Case-mix, care pathways, and outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury in CENTER-TBI: a European prospective, multicentre, longitudinal, cohort study
Advanced consent for acute stroke trials - Authors' reply
Informed consent procedures for emergency interventional research in patients with traumatic brain injury and ischaemic stroke
Surgical decompression in acute spinal cord injury: earlier is better
Our team
- Prof. Dr. W.C. Peul, neurosurgeon/epidemiologist
- Dr. W.A. Moojen, neurosurgeon/epidemiologist
- Dr. G.C.W. de Ruiter, neurosurgeon
- Dr. N.A. van der Gaag, neurosurgeon/epidemiologist
- Dr. J.L. Groen, neurosurgeon
- Dr. P.V. ter Wengel, neurosurgeon
- Dr. J.T.J.M. van Dijck, neurosurgery resident
- Drs. T.A. van Essen, neurosurgery resident