Motor and neurocognitive recovery in the syndrome of the trephined: A case report.
Motor and neurocognitive recovery in the syndrome of the trephined: A case report.
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环锯综合征的运动和神经认知恢复:病例报告。
DOI:
10.1016/j.rehab.2014.11.003
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Im,Brian
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作者:
Abdou,Andrew;Liu,Jackson;Carroll,Michelle;Vivaldi,Giselle;Rizzo,John-Ross;Im,Brian
Approximately, 1.4 million traumatic brain injuries occur each year in the United States. Among these incidents, 1.1 million result in emergency department visits, 235,000 result in hospitalizations and 50,000 result in death. This does not include an additional estimated 200,000 who are treated in outpatient settings, nor those treated at military facilities both domestic and abroad [1]. Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is frequently used for the treatment of medically refractory intracranial hypertension for patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)[2]. Additionally, DC has been found to reduce mortality rates and improve outcomes in patients with malignant middle cerebral artery infarction, which accounts for 10% of stroke patients [3].The syndrome of the trephined (ST), also known as the “sinking skin flap syndrome”, is a disorder of delayed neurological deterioration [4]. By convention, ST refers to the development of those symptoms that are reversible after cranioplasty [5]. This is a complication that occurs in patients with large cranial defects following a DC. Related clinical deterioration occurs weeks to months after the surgery. The symptomatology and clinical signs can include: focal neurological deficits, aphasia, headache, dizziness, lethargy, irritability, inattention, memory problems, depression, anxiety, mood swings, behavioral disturbances, seizures, mutism, worsening hemiplegia, hemi-neglect, and diabetes insipidus [4],[5],[6],[7] As these symptoms are non-specific, early diagnosis is difficult to establish, which can lead to significant neurological decline.