Craniotomy Mortality (Surgical opening of the skull)

Craniotomy (surgical opening of the skull) for repair of aneurysms (ballooning or bursting of blood vessels) is a demanding operation that is almost always associated with high risk of disability or death. Nevertheless, it may be the only option available when a blood vessel ruptures deep in the brain. The mortality rate for this operation may be high even in the hands of an extremely experienced neurosurgeon and neurosurgical team, who are likely receiving the more difficult cases by referral. The adjustments used in this report to equalize 'risk' may not fully reflect the many types of risk associated with this complex surgery, which often is performed on an emergency basis.
 

State total in cases: 9,100
State risk-adjusted mortality rate: 5.4%
National risk-adjusted mortality rate: 6.8% (*)

There are 125 hospitals in this table.

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 =  Better than state average
 =  At the state average
 =  Worse than state average
 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
 State Avg.
 Angelina          
  Lufkin          
Memorial Medical Center East Texas(36 : 0.0% , 7.1%) (0.0%)
 Bell          
  Temple          
Scott & White Memorial Hospital(100 : 3.3% , 11.1%) (7.2%)
 Bexar          
  San Antonio          
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital(9 : )
Methodist Hospital(522 : 2.3% , 6.2%) (4.3%)
Metropolitan Methodist Hospital(28 : )
North Central Baptist Hospital(29 : )
Northeast Baptist Hospital(35 : 0.0% , 9.6%) (3.5%)
Northeast Methodist Hospital(5 : )
Southeast Baptist Hospital(12 : )
St Lukes Baptist Hospital(33 : 0.5% , 15.3%) (7.9%)
University Hospital(183 : 6.4% , 12.5%) (9.4%)
 Bowie          
  Texarkana          
CHRISTUS St Michael Health System(26 : )
Wadley Regional Medical Center(30 : 0.0% , 10.2%) (3.0%)
 Brazos          
  Bryan          
St Joseph Regional Health Center(57 : 0.3% , 10.0%) (5.2%)
  College Station          
College Station Medical Center(19 : )
 Cameron          
  Brownsville          
Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville(7 : )
Valley Regional Medical Center(26 : )
  Harlingen          
Harlingen Medical Center(14 : )
Valley Baptist Medical Center(86 : 4.0% , 12.8%) (8.4%)
 Collin          
  Frisco          
Baylor Medical Center-Frisco(<5 : )
Centennial Medical Center(<5 : )
  McKinney          
Medical Center-McKinney(15 : )
  Plano          
Baylor Regional Medical Center-Plano(35 : 0.0% , 15.1%) (4.7%)
Heart Hospital Baylor Plano(<5 : )
Medical Center-Plano(115 : 0.0% , 5.8%) (2.2%)
Presbyterian Hospital-Plano(60 : 0.0% , 11.9%) (5.0%)
Presbyterian Plano Center-Diagnostics & Sur..(<5 : )
 Dallas          
  Dallas          
Baylor Heart & Vascular Center(<5 : )
Baylor University Medical Center(352 : 3.2% , 7.0%) (5.1%)
Childrens Medical Center-Dallas(11 : )
Medical City Dallas Hospital(55 : 5.6% , 15.8%) (10.7%)
Methodist Dallas Medical Center(82 : 0.0% , 6.3%) (2.0%)
Parkland Memorial Hospital(210 : 3.4% , 8.5%) (5.9%)
Presbyterian Hospital-Dallas(202 : 0.0% , 5.6%) (1.6%)
Texas Hospital for Advanced Medicine(<5 : )
UT Southwestern University Hospital-Zale Li..(645 : 2.6% , 7.1%) (4.8%)
  Garland          
Baylor Medical Center-Garland(9 : )
  Irving          
Baylor Medical Center-Irving(7 : )
  Richardson          
Methodist Richardson Medical Center(54 : 2.1% , 12.9%) (7.5%)
 Denton          
  Carrollton          
Trinity Medical Center(11 : )
  Denton          
Denton Regional Medical Center(<5 : )
 Ector          
  Odessa          
Medical Center Hospital(52 : 7.0% , 18.5%) (12.7%)
Regency Hospital-Odessa(<5 : )
 El Paso          
  El Paso          
Del Sol Medical Center(23 : )
Las Palmas Medical Center(52 : 2.3% , 11.2%) (6.7%)
Providence Memorial Hospital(15 : )
R E Thomason General Hospital(66 : 1.6% , 8.9%) (5.2%)
Sierra Medical Center(79 : 0.0% , 8.5%) (3.0%)
 Fort Bend          
  Sugar Land          
Methodist Sugar Land Hospital(<5 : )
 Galveston          
  Galveston          
UT Medical Branch Hospital(181 : 9.2% , 15.6%) (12.4%)
 Grayson          
  Sherman          
Texoma Medical Center(14 : )
Wilson N Jones Medical Center(10 : )
 Gregg          
  Longview          
Good Shepherd Medical Center(66 : 2.2% , 11.8%) (7.0%)
Longview Regional Medical Center(11 : )
 Harris          
  Bellaire          
Foundation Surgical Hospital(<5 : )
  Cypress          
North Cypress Medical Center(6 : )
  Houston          
Ben Taub General Hospital(179 : 9.0% , 16.6%) (12.8%)
Houston Northwest Medical Center(53 : 4.8% , 14.3%) (9.6%)
Lyndon B Johnson General Hospital(11 : )
Memorial Hermann Hospital(484 : 6.4% , 9.3%) (7.8%)
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Cent..(72 : 0.8% , 9.5%) (5.1%)
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital(14 : )
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital(93 : 2.4% , 8.8%) (5.6%)
Methodist Hospital(601 : 1.3% , 4.6%) (3.0%)
Park Plaza Hospital(<5 : )
Spring Branch Medical Center(17 : )
St Joseph Medical Center(64 : 1.9% , 13.3%) (7.6%)
St Lukes Episcopal Hospital(429 : 2.2% , 6.5%) (4.4%)
Texas Childrens Hospital(<5 : )
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center(525 : 0.0% , 4.7%) (2.3%)
West Houston Medical Center(21 : )
  Pasadena          
Bayshore Medical Center(28 : )
  Tomball          
Tomball Regional Hospital(5 : )
  Webster          
Clear Lake Regional Medical Center(29 : )
 Hidalgo          
  Edinburg          
Doctors Hospital-Renaissance(39 : 0.0% , 13.6%) (6.0%)
  McAllen          
McAllen Medical Center(55 : 0.1% , 9.0%) (4.5%)
Rio Grande Regional Hospital(11 : )
Solara Hospital(<5 : )
  Mission          
Mission Regional Medical Center(21 : )
  Weslaco          
Knapp Medical Center(<5 : )
 Jefferson          
  Beaumont          
Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas(31 : 0.0% , 11.0%) (3.0%)
CHRISTUS Hospital(68 : 4.9% , 12.7%) (8.8%)
 Lamar          
  Paris          
Paris Regional Medical Center South Campus(<5 : )
 Lubbock          
  Lubbock          
Covenant Medical Center(244 : 0.0% , 5.6%) (2.2%)
Covenant Medical Center-Lakeside(<5 : )
Lubbock Heart Hospital(<5 : )
University Medical Center(33 : 1.2% , 17.5%) (9.4%)
 McLennan          
  Waco          
Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center(9 : )
Providence Health Center(45 : 0.0% , 10.6%) (2.9%)
 Midland          
  Midland          
Midland Memorial Hospital(36 : 0.5% , 14.5%) (7.5%)
 Montgomery          
  Conroe          
Conroe Regional Medical Center(33 : 0.0% , 15.3%) (6.9%)
  The Woodlands          
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital(132 : 0.0% , 4.5%) (1.5%)
 Nacogdoches          
  Nacogdoches          
Nacogdoches Medical Center(16 : )
Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital(<5 : )
 Nueces          
  Corpus Christi          
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi(14 : )
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shor..(139 : 0.0% , 6.1%) (3.1%)
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Sout..(<5 : )
Corpus Christi Medical Center-Doctors Regio..(12 : )
Driscoll Childrens Hospital(5 : )
 Potter          
  Amarillo          
Baptist St Anthonys Health System-Baptist C..(90 : 0.0% , 8.5%) (4.1%)
Northwest Texas Hospital(59 : 0.0% , 7.1%) (3.3%)
 Smith          
  Tyler          
East Texas Medical Center(184 : 0.1% , 6.9%) (3.5%)
Mother Frances Hospital(92 : 2.2% , 9.2%) (5.7%)
 Tarrant          
  Arlington          
Arlington Memorial Hospital(49 : 1.4% , 13.1%) (7.3%)
Medical Center-Arlington(22 : )
USMD Hospital-Arlington(<5 : )
  Bedford          
Harris Methodist HEB(44 : 0.0% , 12.0%) (4.7%)
  Fort Worth          
Baylor All Saints Medical Center-Fort Worth(76 : 0.0% , 10.7%) (4.1%)
Cook Childrens Medical Center(10 : )
Harris Methodist-Fort Worth(319 : 1.9% , 5.4%) (3.7%)
John Peter Smith Hospital(59 : 4.6% , 15.0%) (9.8%)
Plaza Medical Center-Fort Worth(76 : 0.3% , 7.9%) (4.1%)
  Grapevine          
Baylor Regional Medical Center-Grapevine(5 : )
 Taylor          
  Abilene          
Hendrick Medical Center(40 : 0.0% , 12.5%) (6.2%)
 Tom Green          
  San Angelo          
San Angelo Community Medical Center(9 : )
Shannon West Texas Memorial Hospital(75 : 1.6% , 10.2%) (5.9%)
 Travis          
  Austin          
North Austin Medical Center(51 : 0.0% , 9.0%) (2.3%)
Seton Medical Center(101 : 2.7% , 10.5%) (6.6%)
South Austin Hospital(15 : )
St Davids Hospital(158 : 2.1% , 7.4%) (4.8%)
University Medical Center-Brackenridge(197 : 6.5% , 12.3%) (9.4%)
 Victoria          
  Victoria          
Citizens Medical Center(8 : )
DeTar Hospital-Navarro(14 : )
 Webb          
  Laredo          
Laredo Medical Center(15 : )
 Wichita          
  Wichita Falls          
United Regional Health Care System-8th St C..(33 : 0.0% , 12.8%) (5.4%)


*Source of national risk-adjusted mortality rate: National Quality Indicators - 2004 national statistics -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
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