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Revista Salud Uninorte

Print version ISSN 0120-5552On-line version ISSN 2011-7531

Abstract

GONZALEZ GOMEZ, MARTINA et al. Outcomes of Primary and Secondary Decompressive Craniectomy in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury at Clínica de la Universidad de La Sabana. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2021, vol.37, n.2, pp.264-284.  Epub May 10, 2022. ISSN 0120-5552.  https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.37.2.617.1.

Aim:

The purpose of this study was to determine the outcome, at discharge and at one-year follow-up, of patients with severe traumatic brain injury undergoing primary and secondary decompressive craniectomy at Clinica Universidad de La Sabana, over a period of five years.

Patients and methods:

We conducted a retrospective case series of patients with severe traumatic brain injury undergoing decompressive craniectomy between 2008 and 2013. Te primary outcomes were survival and functional status, measured by the Glasgow Outcome Scale, both at discharge, and at the one year follow-up. Secondary outcomes included latency time for craniectomy, intra and postoperative complications, days of hospitalization and intensive care unit stay, ventilation time, cranioplasty results, and cause of death.

Results:

Thirty-five patients with severe traumatic brain injury underwent decompressive craniectomy in the study period, 29 of which were primary and 6, secondary, with a median latency of 5 hours and 57 hours, respectively. A survival of 51.4% of the patients was observed, of which 39% presented satisfactory functional recovery on the Glasgow outcome scale at the time of discharge and one year later.

Conclusions:

In this group of patients who underwent primary or secondary decompressive craniectomy, together with interdisciplinary management and early rehabilitation, favorable functional outcomes were found in the long-term follow-up.

Keywords : Severe traumatic brain injury; decompressive craniectomy; Glasgow outcome scale; intracranial pressure; functional outcome.

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