Diagnostic value of lateral ventricle ratio: a retrospective case-control study of 112 acute subdural hematomas after non-severe traumatic brain injury.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite limitations, study results support the view that patients after non-severe TBI with ASDH and with lateral ventricle asymmetry, defined as LVR> 1.48, require surgical treatment. LVR seems to be indirect, but still the closest method to quantify intracranial compliance. Thus, in the selected group of patients without clinical symptoms of critically diminished compensatory reserve, LVR could indicate those who need a surgical decompression. PMID: 30417687 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Brain Injury - Category: Neurology Tags: Brain Inj Source Type: research