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Mobile Device Monitoring of Patient Well-Being and Complications Following Neurosurgical Procedures: A Prospective Cohort Investigation

  • By

  • Alexis Paul Romain Terrapon

  • Erik Schulz

  • Athina Firtinidou

  • Silvio Heinig

  • Lorenzo Bertulli

  • Felix Corr

  • Meltem Gönel

  • Maria Nikolaeva

  • Thomas Petutschnigg

  • Sivani Sivanrupan

  • Jakob Heimer

  • Menno R Germans

  • Christian Zweifel

  • Andreas Raabe

  • Philippe Schucht

  • Luca Regli

  • Marian Christoph Neidert

  • Oliver Bozinov

  • Linda Bättig

  • Martin Nikolaus Stienen

  • September 9, 2026

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    The study investigates the use of a smartphone app, OP Tracker, for monitoring patient well-being and adverse events after neurosurgery.

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    Current adverse event grading systems, like the Clavien-Dindo scale, inadequately capture the severity of neurological deficits and their impact on quality of life.

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    The Therapy-Disability-Neurology (TDN) grade was introduced to better assess adverse events by incorporating neurological deficits and associated disabilities.

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    The OP Tracker app collects longitudinal self-reported data on well-being and adverse events, aiming to improve outcome assessment in neurosurgery.

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    The study's primary objective is to evaluate the feasibility of real-time data collection through smartphones in a multicenter neurosurgery context.

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Smartphone-Based Monitoring of Quality of Life and Adverse Events After Neurosurgery: Prospective Cohort Study

  • by Alexis Paul Romain Terrapon, Erik Schulz, Athina Firtinidou, Silvio Heinig, Lorenzo Bertulli, Felix Corr, Meltem Gönel, Maria Nikolaeva, Thomas Petutschnigg, Sivani Sivanrupan, Jakob Heimer, Menno R Germans, Christian Zweifel, Andreas Raabe, Philippe Schucht, Luca Regli, Marian Christoph Neidert, Oliver Bozinov, Linda Bättig, Martin Nikolaus Stienen

  • September 9, 2026

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