Unveiling the predictive power of biomarkers in traumatic brain injury: A narrative review focused on clinical outcomes.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has long-term consequences, including neurodegenerative disease risk. Current diagnostic tools are limited in detecting subtle brain damage. This review explores emerging biomarkers for TBI, including those related to neuronal injury, inflammation, EVs, and ncRNAs, evaluating their potential to predict clinical outcomes like mortality, recovery, and cognitive impairment.

Construction Industry-Associated Penetrating Craniocerebral Injuries.

Background:  Various high-energy tasks in the construction industry can lead to craniocerebral injuries. Construction industry-associated penetrating craniocerebral injuries due to metal foreign bodies have unique characteristics. However, no norms exist for removing metal foreign bodies and preventing secondary trauma.

Transcortical approach surgery versus external ventricular drainage in treating intraventricular hemorrhage.

Intraventricular hemorrhage is a serious intracerebral hemorrhagic disease with high mortality and poor prognosis. This retrospective study designed to investigate the therapeutic effect of transcortical approach surgery versus extraventricular drainage (EVD) on patients with intraventricular hemorrhage.Patients with intraventricular hemorrhage in Zhongshan City People's Hospital from January 01, 2014 to June 01, 2019 were retrospectively examined.

Type III Intraosseous Meningioma Invading Superior Sagittal Sinus and Skull Periosteum.

Type III intraosseous meningioma is a very rare type of meningioma with extracranial extension. Herein, the author reported a case of type IIIC intraosseous meningioma with invasion of the superior sagittal sinus and skull periosteum. A 67-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to a mass on the left frontoparietal region for 4 years.