The impact of postoperative intensive care on outcomes in elective neurosurgical patients in good physical condition: a single centre propensity case-matched study

Purpose In the last three years, all elective neurosurgical cases were performed by a single surgeon at Nara Medical University. For the last year and a half, all patients were transferred to a newly created neurosurgical intensive care unit. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of admission to an intensive care unit after elective neurosurgery.