Outcomes following emergency surgery for patients with head injury
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G89-G99- Other disorders of the nervous systemHealth Condition 2: S068- Other specified intracranial injuries
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/02/017479
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Institute for Health Research NIHR
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Hospital inclusion criteria
Any hospital or clinic worldwide performing emergency surgery for traumatic brain injury is eligible to participate. NIMHANS complies to this criterion fully.
Core Study patient inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria
All adult and paediatric patients admitted to NIMHANS with a traumatic brain injury for which they receive emergency surgery during the selected 30-day inclusion period are eligible for inclusion in the core study.
Patients who only have an external ventricular drain or intraparenchymal wire (or other monitoring device) inserted for the diagnosis and/or management of intracranial hypertension.
ï?· Patients who undergo procedures for chronic subdural haematoma(s), including burr holes or mini-craniotomies.
ï?· Elective (planned admission) or semi-elective (where patient initially admitted as an emergency, then discharged from hospital, and re-admitted at later time for surgery) procedures.
ï?· Patients who have previously had emergency cranial surgery for traumatic brain injury rendering them eligible for inclusion in this study (regardless of whether they were included)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 14-day mortalityTimepoint: 14-day mortality
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Return to operating theatre during follow up period <br/ ><br>ï?· Length of stay in hospital <br/ ><br>ï?· Length of stay in intensive care <br/ ><br>ï?· Glasgow Coma Score at discharge (GOS-D)Timepoint: At discharge, during 14 day follow up period