Two-year mortality and functional outcomes in combat-related penetrating brain injury: battlefield through rehabilitation
Abstract
There are limited data concerning the long-term functional outcomes of patients with penetrating brain injury. Reports from civilian cohorts are small because of the high reported mortality rates (as high as 90%). Data from military populations suggest a better prognosis for penetrating brain injury, but previous reports are hampered by analyses that exclude the point of injury. The purpose of this study was to provide a description of the long-term functional outcomes of those who sustain a combat-related penetrating brain injury (from the initial point of injury to 24 months afterward).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2018
- Source ID
- 10.3171/2018.9.focus18359
Entities
People
- Erin K. M. Graves
- Jason H. Boulter
- John J. Delaney
- M. Benjamin Larkin
- Michael E. Porambo
- Nicholas S. Szuflita
- R. Michael Meyer
- Randy S. Bell
Organizations
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Temple University
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- University of Washington
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center