Comparison of the clinical effects of different periods of cranioplasty combined with ventriculoperitoneal ;shunt on traumatic brain injury
WANG Guang-ming
CHENG Yi
HU Ke-liang
Abstract：Objective To study the influences of different periods of cranioplasty combined with ventriculo -peritoneal shunt ( VPS) on the prognosis of patients with skull defects after the operation of craniocerebral trauma and hydrocephalus .Methods 154 patients who suffered from brain trauma and were treated with cranioplasty and VPS were retrospecively analyzed .According to the different periods of cranioplasty combined with VPS , the patients were randomly divided into two groups: early shunt combined with cranioplasty group ( the concurrent group ) and early shunt and delayed cranioplasty group ( the delayed group ) .The clinical effects and complications were compared be-tween the two groups after the operation .Results GOS and GCS scores were higher in the concurrent group than those in the delayed group ( P<0.05 ) .The incidence of complications was significantly lower in the concurrent group than that in the delayed group ( P<0.05 ) .Conclusion The treatment of early VPS combined with cranioplasty can markedly relieve the patients′disorders of consciousness and neurological deficits , reduce the complications and im-prove the prognosis .
Keywords：CranioplastyVentriculoperitoneal shunt ( VPS)HydrocephalusPrognosis
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 827-829,830 )