• Ömer Aykanat, Durmuş Oğuz Karakoyun, Mehmet Erhan Türkoğlu, and Cem Dinç.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital, Gaziantep-Turkey. yomeycik@hotmail.com.
• Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2017 May 1; 23 (3): 173-180.

BackgroundTo study the anti-edematous, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effect of etanercept in the model of experimental head injury.MethodsIn this study, 40 male-adult Spraque-Dawley rats, with weight ranging from 250g to 300g, were used. The rats are divided into groups as control; non-penetrating trauma; trauma +NS; post-traumatic normal saline; trauma + D; post-traumatic dexamethasone and trauma + E. All medicines were given into peritoneum. After applying trauma and medicine, rats were decapitated in the 24th hour and the samples were studied histopathologically.ResultsIn the study, a statistically significant difference was observed between the groups of trauma + NS and trauma dexamethasone according to the variables of edema and inflammation, but no difference was observed according to the variables of neuronal damage, astrocytic damage, and glial apoptosis. Moreover, a significant difference was observed between groups of Trauma + NS and trauma+etanercept and between the groups of trauma + dexamethasone and trauma + etanercept in terms of all variables.ConclusionIt was observed that etanercept has anti-edematous, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effect on the rats which experienced traumatic brain injury.

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