Predictors of seizures in postoperative traumatic brain injury patients: A single center retrospective study.

Introduction/objectives: Seizures are common postoperative complications for patients who have undergone surgical management for traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, little is known regarding preoperative factors that predict them. This study aims to describe preoperative factors that influence the occurrence of seizures after surgery for TBI.

Volumetric changes in the bone flap at one year follow up in patients undergoing craniotomy.

Although bone resorption has been extensively reported following craniectomy, bone resorption and fusion rates following craniotomy remains unexplored. The aim of the present study was to conduct a volumetric assessment of craniotomy resorption and fusion rates at one year following the index surgery. Adult patients who had a computed tomography scan immediately after craniotomy and at one year follow up were included in the study.

Predictors of biochemical remission after transsphenoidal surgery in a large cohort of acromegaly patients.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to characterize the clinical characteristics and factors predictive of biochemical remission in patients with symptomatic acromegaly undergoing transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) at an academic tertiary care center, as defined by the 2022 Acromegaly Consensus Conference guidelines.

Methods: In this single institution, longitudinal, retrospective study, a large cohort of 158 patients with a preoperative diagnosis of acromegaly undergoing surgery at a large, academic, tertiary care center were examined. We excluded 38 patients as IGF-1 testing was performed less than 12 weeks postoperatively.

Effects of optimal versus suboptimal median household income on the surgically treated traumatic brain injury population at a level I trauma center in the Boston metropolitan area: a propensity score-matched analysis.

Objective: The median household income is a useful metric for healthcare disparity assessment. New England holds the highly diverse, densely populated Boston metropolitan area, which is known for having one of the highest living wages in the US. To the authors' knowledge, there is no published data on the effects of optimal versus suboptimal median household income on the surgical treatment of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).