Cranioplasty After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Effects of Trauma and Patient Recovery on Cranioplasty Outcome

Cranioplasty After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Effects of Trauma and Patient Recovery on Cranioplasty Outcome

BackgroundIn patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) treated with decompressive craniectomy (DC), factors affecting the success of later cranioplasty are poorly known.ObjectiveWe sought to investigate if injury- and treatment-related factors, and state of recovery could predict the risk o...

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Main Authors: Jussi P. Posti, Matias Yli-Olli, Lauri Heiskanen, Kalle M. J. Aitasalo, Jaakko Rinne, Ville Vuorinen, Willy Serlo, Olli Tenovuo, Pekka K. Vallittu, Jaakko M. Piitulainen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
cranioplasty
decompressive craniectomy
imaging
outcome
severe traumatic brain injury
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00223/full

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