Unplanned Intraoperative Extubations in Pediatric Neurosurgery: Analysis of Case Series to Increase Patient Safety.

Objective: Unplanned intraoperative extubations (UIEs), rare but high-risk events. Unintentional extubations are used as quality improvement metrics in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, but intraoperative events have received scant attention in the literature. Complexity of patient positioning and proximity of the operative field to anesthesia make neurosurgical procedures unique.