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The impact of implant material and patient age on the long-term outcome of secondary cranioplasty following decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Secondary cranioplasty (CP) is considered to support the neurological recovery of patients after decompressive craniectomy (DC), but the treatment success might be limited by complications associated to confounders, which are not yet fully characterized. The aim of this study was to identify the most relevant factors based on the necessity to perform revision surgeries.

Methods

Data from 156 patients who received secondary CP following DC for severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) between 1984 and 2015 have been retrospectively analyzed and arranged into cohorts according to the occurrence of complications requiring surgical intervention.

Results

Cox regression analysis revealed a lower revision rate in patients with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) implants than in patients with autologous calvarial bone (ACB) implants (HR 0.2, 95% CI 0.1 to 1.0, p =?0.04). A similar effect could be observed in the population of patients aged between 18 and 65 years, who had a lower risk to suffer complications requiring surgical treatment than individuals aged under 18 or over 65 years (HR 0.4, 95% CI 0.2 to 0.9, p =?0.02). Revision rates were not influenced by the gender (p =?0.88), timing of the CP (p =?0.53), the severity of the TBI (p =?0.86), or the size of the cranial defect (p =?0.16).

Conclusions

In this study, the implant material and patient age were identified as the most relevant parameters independently predicting the long-term outcome of secondary CP. The use of PMMA was associated with lower revision rates than ACB and might provide a therapeutic benefit for selected patients with traumatic cranial defects.

SUBMITTER: Hambock M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7066309 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The impact of implant material and patient age on the long-term outcome of secondary cranioplasty following decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury.

Hamböck Martina M Hosmann Arthur A Seemann Rudolf R Wolf Harald H Schachinger Florian F Hajdu Stefan S Widhalm Harald H

Acta neurochirurgica 20200205 4

<h4>Background</h4>Secondary cranioplasty (CP) is considered to support the neurological recovery of patients after decompressive craniectomy (DC), but the treatment success might be limited by complications associated to confounders, which are not yet fully characterized. The aim of this study was to identify the most relevant factors based on the necessity to perform revision surgeries.<h4>Methods</h4>Data from 156 patients who received secondary CP following DC for severe traumatic brain inju ...[more]

PMID: 32025876

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Project description:Decompressive craniectomy (DC) in traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been suggested to influence cerebrovascular reactivity. We aimed to determine if the statistical properties of vascular reactivity metrics and slow-wave relationships were impacted after DC, as such information would allow us to comment on whether vascular reactivity monitoring remains reliable after craniectomy. Using the CENTER-TBI High Resolution Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Sub-Study cohort, we selected those secondary DC patients with high-frequency physiological data for both at least 24 h pre-DC, and more than 48 h post-DC. Data for all physiology measures were separated into the 24 h pre-DC, the first 48 h post-DC, and beyond 48 h post-DC. We produced slow-wave data sheets for intracranial pressure (ICP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) per patient. We also derived a Pressure Reactivity Index (PRx) as a continuous cerebrovascular reactivity metric updated every minute. The time-series behavior of the PRx was modeled for each time period per patient. Finally, the relationship between ICP and MAP during these three time periods was assessed using time-series vector autoregressive integrative moving average (VARIMA) models, impulse response function (IRF) plots, and Granger causality testing. Ten patients were included in this study. Mean PRx and proportion of time above PRx thresholds were not affected by craniectomy. Similarly, PRx time-series structure was not affected by DC, when assessed in each individual patient. This was confirmed with Granger causality testing, and VARIMA IRF plotting for the MAP/ICP slow-wave relationship. PRx metrics and statistical time-series behavior appear not to be substantially influenced by DC. Similarly, there is little change in the relationship between slow waves of ICP and MAP before and after DC. This may suggest that cerebrovascular reactivity monitoring in the setting of DC may still provide valuable information regarding autoregulation.

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The impact of implant material and patient age on the long-term outcome of secondary cranioplasty following decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury.

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Publications

The impact of implant material and patient age on the long-term outcome of secondary cranioplasty following decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury.

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