Craniotomy Mortality
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: 9,744
State risk-adjusted mortality rate: 5.4%

There are 99 hospitals in this table.

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 =  Better than state average
 =  At the state average
 =  Worse than state average
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 State Avg.
 Albany          
  Albany          
Albany Medical Center Hospital(476 : 9.3% , 14.4%) (11.8%)
St Peter's Hospital(60 : 0.0% , 11.0%) (0.0%)
 Bronx          
  Bronx          
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center/Concourse Div..(51 : 5.0% , 12.9%) (8.9%)
Jacobi Medical Center(30 : 6.3% , 21.9%) (14.1%)
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center(32 : 24.2% , 44.9%) (34.6%)
Montefiore Medical Center/Moses Division(300 : 4.4% , 9.6%) (7.0%)
St Barnabas Hospital(6 : Sample size too small)
 Broome          
  Binghamton          
United Health Services/Binghamton General H..(<5 : Sample size too small)
  Johnson City          
United Health Services/Wilson Regional Medi..(231 : 3.7% , 9.8%) (6.8%)
 Chemung          
  Elmira          
Arnot Ogden Medical Center(30 : 0.0% , 15.1%) (5.4%)
 Clinton          
  Plattsburgh          
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medica..(<5 : Sample size too small)
 Dutchess          
  Poughkeepsie          
St Francis Hospital-Poughkeepsie(17 : Sample size too small)
Vassar Brothers Medical Center(23 : Sample size too small)
 Erie          
  Buffalo          
Buffalo General Hospital(655 : 4.7% , 7.8%) (6.3%)
Erie County Medical Center(33 : 6.4% , 25.9%) (16.1%)
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo(130 : 4.2% , 12.6%) (8.4%)
Roswell Park Cancer Institute(100 : 0.0% , 12.9%) (5.7%)
Sisters of Charity Hospital(49 : 0.0% , 9.8%) (0.0%)
Women's & Children's Hospital of Buffalo(8 : Sample size too small)
  Cheektowaga          
St Joseph Hospital(<5 : Sample size too small)
  Kenmore          
Kenmore Mercy Hospital(38 : 0.0% , 11.5%) (0.0%)
 Jefferson          
  Watertown          
Samaritan Medical Center(10 : Sample size too small)
 Kings          
  Brooklyn          
Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Cen..(29 : Sample size too small)
Brooklyn Hospital Center/Downtown Campus(12 : Sample size too small)
Coney Island Hospital(20 : Sample size too small)
Kings County Hospital Center(34 : 9.8% , 23.2%) (16.5%)
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center(49 : 0.0% , 7.9%) (2.1%)
Long Island College Hospital(41 : 0.9% , 13.3%) (7.1%)
Lutheran Medical Center(99 : 0.5% , 7.8%) (4.1%)
Maimonides Medical Center(157 : 1.0% , 5.8%) (3.4%)
New York Methodist Hospital(82 : 6.3% , 18.2%) (12.2%)
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center(26 : Sample size too small)
 Monroe          
  Rochester          
Highland Hospital(17 : Sample size too small)
Strong Memorial Hospital(415 : 0.6% , 3.8%) (2.2%)
Unity Hospital(36 : 0.0% , 15.1%) (7.5%)
ViaHealth/Rochester General Hospital(65 : 0.0% , 6.2%) (1.4%)
 Nassau          
  Bethpage          
New Island Hospital(5 : Sample size too small)
  East Meadow          
Nassau University Medical Center(9 : Sample size too small)
  Manhasset          
NS/LIJ HS-North Shore University Hospital/M..(594 : 3.8% , 7.6%) (5.7%)
  Mineola          
Winthrop-University Hospital(238 : 0.0% , 5.7%) (2.7%)
  Oceanside          
South Nassau Communities Hospital(27 : Sample size too small)
  Rockville Centre          
Mercy Medical Center(11 : Sample size too small)
  Roslyn          
St Francis Hospital-The Heart Center(40 : 0.0% , 9.6%) (2.9%)
 New York          
  New York          
Bellevue Hospital Center (HHC)(106 : 1.2% , 6.1%) (3.7%)
Beth Israel Medical Center/Petrie Campus(52 : 0.0% , 7.0%) (2.6%)
Harlem Hospital(15 : Sample size too small)
Lenox Hill Hospital(117 : 2.9% , 10.8%) (6.8%)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center(431 : 0.0% , 4.4%) (1.5%)
Metropolitan Hospital Center(<5 : Sample size too small)
Mount Sinai Medical Center(435 : 0.3% , 3.9%) (2.1%)
New York Downtown Hospital(15 : Sample size too small)
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary(<5 : Sample size too small)
New York Presbyterian/Columbia Presbyterian(779 : 3.3% , 6.3%) (4.8%)
New York Presbyterian/Weil Cornell Center(586 : 1.5% , 4.8%) (3.2%)
New York University Hospitals Center(753 : 0.0% , 1.7%) (0.3%)
St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital/Roosevelt Hosp..(258 : 0.3% , 5.3%) (2.8%)
St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital/St Luke's Hosp..(<5 : Sample size too small)
 Niagara          
  Lewiston          
Mount St Mary's Hospital & Health Center(<5 : Sample size too small)
  Niagara Falls          
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center(<5 : Sample size too small)
 Oneida          
  Utica          
Faxton-St Luke's Healthcare/St Luke's Campu..(22 : Sample size too small)
St Elizabeth Medical Center(40 : 0.0% , 19.0%) (7.4%)
 Onondaga          
  Syracuse          
Community General Hospital of Greater Syrac..(<5 : Sample size too small)
Crouse Hospital(58 : 3.1% , 11.8%) (7.5%)
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center(15 : Sample size too small)
SUNY/Upstate Medical University Hospital(336 : 6.6% , 10.9%) (8.8%)
 Orange          
  Goshen          
Orange Regional Medical Center/Arden Hill(22 : Sample size too small)
  Newburgh          
St Luke's Cornwall Hospital/Newburgh Campus(6 : Sample size too small)
  Warwick          
St Anthony Community Hospital(<5 : Sample size too small)
 Otsego          
  Cooperstown          
Bassett Healthcare(12 : Sample size too small)
 Putnam          
  Carmel          
Putnam Hospital Center(<5 : Sample size too small)
 Queens          
  Elmhurst          
Elmhurst Hospital Center(53 : 18.8% , 34.5%) (26.7%)
  Flushing          
New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens(68 : 0.0% , 2.9%) (0.0%)
  Glen Oaks          
NS/LIJ HS-The Zucker Hillside Hospital(16 : Sample size too small)
  Jamaica          
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center(19 : Sample size too small)
  New Hyde Park          
NS/LIJ HS-Long Island Jewish Medical Center(128 : 2.2% , 10.7%) (6.4%)
 Richmond          
  Staten Island          
NS/LIJ HS-Staten Island University Hospital..(76 : 0.0% , 8.0%) (4.0%)
NS/LIJ HS-Staten Island University Hospital..(<5 : Sample size too small)
Richmond University Medical Center(9 : Sample size too small)
 Rockland          
  Nyack          
Nyack Hospital(7 : Sample size too small)
  Suffern          
Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern(25 : Sample size too small)
 Schenectady          
  Schenectady          
Ellis Hospital(20 : Sample size too small)
 Suffolk          
  Bayshore          
NS/LIJ HS-Southside Hospital(21 : Sample size too small)
  Huntington          
NS/LIJ HS-Huntington Hospital(40 : 0.2% , 8.1%) (4.1%)
  Patchogue          
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center(11 : Sample size too small)
  Port Jefferson          
St Charles Hospital(5 : Sample size too small)
  Smithtown          
St Catherine of Siena Medical Center(19 : Sample size too small)
  Stony Brook          
SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital(342 : 2.6% , 7.5%) (5.0%)
  West Islip          
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center(52 : 0.9% , 14.1%) (7.5%)
 Tompkins          
  Ithaca          
Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca(17 : Sample size too small)
 Ulster          
  Kingston          
Benedictine Hospital(<5 : Sample size too small)
Kingston Hospital(6 : Sample size too small)
 Warren          
  Glens Falls          
Glens Falls Hospital(7 : Sample size too small)
 Westchester          
  Cortlandt Manor          
Hudson Valley Hospital Center(18 : Sample size too small)
  Mount Kisco          
Northern Westchester Hospital Center(58 : 0.0% , 6.7%) (0.0%)
  New Rochelle          
Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester(<5 : Sample size too small)
  Sleepy Hollow          
Phelps Memorial Hospital Center(5 : Sample size too small)
  Valhalla          
Westchester Medical Center(338 : 11.4% , 16.5%) (13.9%)
  White Plains          
White Plains Hospital Center(14 : Sample size too small)
  Yonkers          
St John's Riverside Hospital/Andrus Pavilio..(<5 : Sample size too small)