Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 142 patients with severe traumatic brain injury undergoing decompressive craniectomy
| Characteristics | Value (n=142) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 34.8 ± 15.5 |
| Gender | |
| Men (%) | 127 (89.4%) |
| Women (%) | 15 (10.6%) |
| Admission to operation interval (days) | 1.66 ± 0.6 |
| Glasgow Coma Scale | |
| On admission | 6.71 ± 2.8 |
| After resuscitation | 7.90 ± 4.2 |
| Rotterdam score | |
| 1 (%) | 4 (2.8%) |
| 2 (%) | 19 (13.4%) |
| 3 (%) | 78 (54.9%) |
| 4 (%) | 23 (16.2%) |
| 5 (%) | 18 (12.7%) |
| ICP a monitoring (%) | 57 (40.1%) |
| Decompressive craniectomy type | |
| Unilateral (%) | 116 (81.7%) |
| Bifrontal (%) | 22 (15.5%) |
| Bilateral (%) | 4 (2.8%) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Subdural hematoma (%) | 94 (66.2%) |
| Contusion (%) | 48 (33.8%) |
| Tight brain (%) | 27 (19.0%) |
| Epidural hematoma (%) | 22 (15.5%) |
| Operation characteristics | |
| Duration (minutes) | 171.2 ± 41.1 |
| Bleeding (mL) | 1132.7 ± 846.3 |
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ICP: Intracranial pressure