Evaluating mortality and 6-month functional outcomes of patients with dural venous sinus thrombosis in traumatic brain injury.

Objective: Patients with dural venous sinus thrombosis (DVST) in select populations following traumatic brain injury (TBI), including those with blunt mechanism or depressed skull fractures, have been shown to have an increased risk of mortality. The purpose of this study was to assess these findings in a mixed population of head trauma patients.

Methods: The authors performed a case-control study using propensity score matching by reviewing 17 years (2004-2021) of data from their institutional trauma registry.