Abstract
Cranioplasty (CP) after decompressive craniectomy (DC) is associated with neurological improvement. We evaluated neurological recovery in patients who underwent late CP (more than 6months after DC) in comparison with early CP. This prospective study of 51 patients investigated neurological function using the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Revised (ACE-R), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Barthel Index (BI), and Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) prior to and after CP. Most patients with traumatic brain injury (74%) were young (mean age 33.4±12.2years) and male (33/51; 66%). There were general improvements in the patients' cognition and functional status, especially in the late-CP group. The ACE-R score increased from the time point before CP to 3days after CP (51±28.94 versus 53.1±30.39, P=0.016) and 90days after CP (51±28.94 versus 58.10±30.43, P=0.0001). In the late-CP group, increments also occurred from the time point before CP to 90days after CP in terms of the MMSE score (18.54±1.51 versus 20.34±1.50, P=0.003), BI score (79.84±4.66 versus 85.62±4.10, P=0.028), and mRS score (2.07±0.22 versus 1.74±0.20, P=0.015). CP is able to improve neurological outcomes even more than 6months after DC.
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