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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1987;16(1): 29-36. |
| States of Basal Cisterns on CT Scan and Outcome Prediction in Severe Diffuse Head Injury. |
| Jae Teon Kim, Jang Chull Lee, Dong Won Kim, Jung Kyo Lee, Man Bin Yim, In Hong Kim |
| Department of Neurosurgery, Keimyung University, College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. |
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The author studied the relationship of age, Glasgow coma scale, Glasgow outcome scale and appearance of basal cisterns as seen on intial computerized tomography on 95 patients with severe diffuse head injury. The results were as follows : 1) The poor outcome rates were 76.8%, 41.2% and 16.6% among those absent, compressed, and normal basal cisterns, respectively. 2) The correlation with the initial GCS score and the status of basal cistern indicated significant difference of poor outcome rate in the patients with absent or compressed basal cisterns between GCS score 3-5 group and GCS 6-8 group while the patients with normal basal cisterns indicated significantly reduced poor outcome rate regardless of GCS score. 3) When outcome was observed in connection with the patient's age and the status of the basal cisterns, a good recovery was significantly increased in the children with normal basal cisterns while the poor outcome rate was very high in the elderly patients even if the basal cisterns were normal. Therefore, the status of the basal cisterns on CT Scan should be used as non-invasive method for predicting the outcome of severe diffuse head injured patients. |
| Key Words:
Basal cisterns; Glasgow coma scale; Glasgow outcome scale-Diffuse head injury |
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