Cranioplasty Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Role in Neurorecovery

This article reviews recent studies on the effect of cranioplasty on neurological recovery in severe TBI.Recent FindingsRecent findings suggested that cranioplasty has the potential to enhance neurological recovery after severe TBI. Cranioplasty may alleviate cognitive and functional deficits by reinstating the regular cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and improving brain perfusion. Analyses on the effects of cranioplasty timing on neurological recovery likely favor early cranioplasty. Also, materials used during cranioplasty, autologous and exogenous, were suggested to have similar effects in recovery.SummaryAlthough neurological therapy of TBI patients is still a serious challenge, recent findings represent the possible enhancing effect of cranioplasty on neurological recovery.
Source: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research