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Acta Neurochir. Suppl. · Jan 2013
Computed tomography after decompressive craniectomy for head injury.
- Satoru Takeuchi, Yoshio Takasato, Go Suzuki, Takuya Maeda, Hiroyuki Masaoka, Takanori Hayakawa, Naoki Otani, Hiroshi Yatsushige, Keigo Shigeta, and Toshiya Momose.
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan. s.takeuchi@room.ocn.ne.jp
- Acta Neurochir. Suppl. 2013 Jan 1;118:235-7.
AbstractNew findings (NF) on postoperative CTs are -occasionally found in patients who undergo surgery for traumatic brain injury (TBI). We conducted a retrospective -registry-based review of the care of 102 patients who underwent decompressive craniectomy (DC) for TBI to investigate the prognostic factors of new findings on CT early after -surgery. Of the 102 patients, the mean age was 50 years and 69.6 % were male. The overall survival was 72.5 %. The primary indication for DC included subdural hematoma in 72 (70.6 %), epidural hematoma in 17 (16.7 %), and intraparenchymal contusion in 13 (12.7 %). New findings on postoperative CTs were observed in 26 patients (25.5 %). The univariate analysis showed that a GCS score ≤8 (P = 0.012) and the absence of a basal cistern (P = 0.012) were significantly associated with NF on postoperative CT. The logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the GCS score ≤8 (P = 0.041; OR, 3.0; 95 % CI, 1.048-8.517) was the only significant factor. TBI patients with a low GCS score who underwent DC should undergo additional CT evaluations immediately after surgery.
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