Prediction of Surgical Outcome for Acute Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults.

Background: Increasing patient age is strongly associated with a rising incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and a higher mortality and morbidity rates.

Objective: This study aimed to identify the predictors of mortality after craniotomy for TBI in elderly patients.

Material And Methods: Data of all patients aged ≥65 years who underwent craniotomy for acute TBI, over a period from January 2015 to October 2019, were retrospectively reviewed.

Traumatic brain injury during COVID-19 pandemic-time-series analysis of a natural experiment.

Objectives: This study aims to find if the incidence and pattern of traumatic brain injury (TBI) changed during the COVID-19pandemic. We also aim to build an explanatory model for change in TBI incidence using Google community mobility and alcohol sales data.

Design: A retrospective time-series analysis.

Intraoperative Measurement of Intracranial Pressure During Cranial Vault Remodeling in Children with Craniosynostosis.

 In this study, we analyzed the utility of intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring intraoperatively for deciding height reduction and need for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion during cranial vault remodeling in children with multisutural craniosynostosis (CS).  This is a retrospective observational study of children who underwent surgery for CS and ICP monitoring during surgery. The ICP was monitored using an external ventricular drainage catheter.

When the Bone Flap Expands Like Bellows of Accordion: Feasibility Study Using Novel Technique of Expansile (Hinge) Craniotomy for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

Background: Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a rescue operation performed for reduction of intracranial pressure due to progressive brain swelling, mandating the need for cranioplasty.

Objective: To describe expansile craniotomy (EC) as a noninferior technique that may be effectively utilized in situations requiring standard DC.

Materials And Methods: A decision to perform DC or EC was taken by consecutively allocation to either of the procedures.

The risks factor of recurrence after skull base hemangiopericytoma management: A retrospective case series and review of literature.

Objectives: Skull base hemangiopericytomas are rare malignant meningothelial tumors involving anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa. The outcome of these tumors is inferior due to aggressive behavior and local recurrence. The study aimed to find out the factors affecting the early recurrence and the late recurrence.

Development of a Prognostic Model to Predict Mortality after Traumatic Brain Injury in Intensive Care Setting in a Developing Country.

 We aimed to develop a prognostic model for the prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) admitted to the neurosurgery intensive care unit (ICU) of our institute.  The clinical and computed tomography scan data of consecutive patients admitted after a diagnosis TBI in ICU were reviewed. Construction of the model was done by using all the variables of Corticosteroid Randomization after Significant Head Injury and International Mission on Prognosis and Analysis of Clinical Trials in TBI models.