Rational use of systematic postoperative CT scans after neurosurgical craniotomy.

CONCLUSIONS: The post-craniotomy CT scan did not impact patient management as an independent decisional tool. We identified several variables associated with the risk of clinical modification that can impact the decision to reoperate and allow establishment of a risk score. This score could be an interesting tool in order to reduce the systematic use of CT scans in the post-surgical period but has to be validated in a prospective study. PMID: 28959872 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: J Neurosurg Sci Source Type: research