Quality Improvement in Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders: Pandemic Impact on Specialized Elective Surgery
Time to DBS implantation surgery from initial decision is lengthy and more than doubled over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The biggest delay was in the time from consent to implantation surgery, which has not improved despite the pandemic having ended.
Authors
- Fang Ba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7377-2066)
- Janis M. Miyasaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6372-6007)
- Kevin Yen
- Pouria Torabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4029-6486)
- Tejas Sankar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8821-7049)
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Alberta Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
- Published
- 2024-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/cjn.2024.353
- Primary Topic
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00