Prognostic Significance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Severe Nonpenetrating Traumatic Brain Injury Requiring Decompressive Craniectomy

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8691775	World Neurosurgery	2018	26 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The prognostic significance of DAI on MRI may, in part, be captured by the IMPACT prognostic model. More research is needed before MRI should be routinely used to prognosticate the outcomes in patients with TBI requiring decompressive craniectomy.

Keywords

DAI TBI AUROC GCs DWI SWI Traumatic brain injury Axonal injury Diffuse axonal injury MRI CRASH susceptibility-weighted imaging Magnetic resonance imaging Head trauma Impact Prognostic model Area under the receiver operating characteristic Glasgow Coma Score