Intervenciones neuroquirúrgicas en Cataluña. Resultados de una encuesta anestésica durante 2003

About seven thousand Neurosurgical procedures were performed in Catalonia in 2003, in public (73.6%) and private (26.4%) hospitals. Spine surgery and craniotomies for tumour resection were the most frequently performed interventions. Craniotomy patients were mainly submitted to an ICU or a Monitored care unit.