Table 1.
Brain Water Content
| Brain water content (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Left cerebral hemisphere | Right cerebral hemisphere | Cerebellum |
| Control | 77.79±0.130 | 77.97±0.094 | 74.90±0.168 |
| TBI | 77.93±0.082 | 79.02±0.051 | 74.56±0.452 |
| TBI+C | 78.08±0.112 | 78.73±0.159 | 75.47±0.100 |
| TBI+C+HG | 78.03±0.199 | 79.26±0.215 | 75.42±0.197 |
| TBI+OTD w/o BSA | 78.14±0.1632 | 78.97±0.119 | 75.19±0.223 |
| TBI+OTD | 77.78±0.087 | 78.29±0.099 | 75.41±0.223 |
Brain water content of left cerebral hemisphere tissue and right cerebral hemisphere tissue. The experimental groups are untreated, uninjured control animals (control), TBI animals receiving no treatment (TBI), TBI animals treated with craniectomy only (TBI+C), TBI animals treated with a craniectomy and hydrogel (TBI+C+HG), TBI animals treated using an OTD without BSA (TBI+OTD w/o BSA), and TBI animals treated using an OTD (TBI+OTD).
TBI, traumatic brain injury; C, craniectomy; HG, hydrogel; OTD, osmotic transport device; BSA, bovine serum albumin.