Cost Analysis of Oncological Outpatient Neurosurgery Under General Anesthesia with Hospital-At-Home-Based Postoperative Care.

Objective: This study evaluates the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of an oncological outpatient neurosurgery protocol using enhanced recovery after surgery principles in a European healthcare setting. Additionally, it assesses the impact of incorporating hospital at home (HaH) for perioperative follow-up on program efficiency and costs.

Methods: We analyzed a case cohort of patients who underwent oncological outpatient neurosurgery with HaH-based postoperative follow-up for tumor removal or biopsy at a tertiary care center since 2019.

Enhanced recovery and same-day discharge after brain tumor surgery under general anesthesia: initial experience with Hospital-at-Home-based postoperative follow-up.

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the outcomes of outpatient oncological neurosurgery (OON) in a European clinical setting and to compare them with the conventional inpatient protocol.

Methods: Patients who had undergone OON (either tumor removal or biopsy) at the authors' center since 2019 were analyzed. A matched cohort of patients was selected from patients undergoing tumor surgery in the same period.

Barriers and facilitators in the implementation of a telemedicine-based outpatient brain tumor surgery program.

Objective: Despite growing evidence on the benefits of outpatient oncological neurosurgery (OON), it is only performed in a few specialized centers and there are no previous descriptions of established OON programs in Europe. Moreover, increasing application of telemedicine strategies, especially after the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is drastically changing neurosurgical management, particularly in the case of vulnerable populations such as neuro-oncological patients. In this context, the authors implemented an OON program in their hospital with telematic follow-up.