title: [Do we need hybrid operating theaters?: a critical appraisal].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Infrastructural improvements with a combination of interventional and open surgical procedures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Separate performance of interventional and open surgical procedures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Implementation of hybrid operating rooms.
  
  
  METHODS
  Intraoperative high-quality digital subtraction angiography.
  
  
  METHODS
  Best hygienic conditions Intraoperative improved image quality Improved patient management Increased patient safety Broadening of indications
  
  
  RESULTS
  Major improvement from a medical standpoint Different implications from a management perspective Economic aspects challenging
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Exact planning of all aspects and effects is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Deutschland. walter.wohlgemuth@ukr.de
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Wohlgemuth
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005858:Germany; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000458:organization & administration*