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8 mar 2010 · Computed tomography is fast, cost effective, and easily accessible for first-line imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging has higher sensitivity for detecting postoperative infection and ischemia, but diffusion-weighted imaging may be less reliable for detecting postoperative infections.
Fig. 27: External brain tamponade in a 47-year-old man 3 weeks after decompressive craniectomy for a traumatic brain injury. Axial CT image shows a large, low-attenuation, subgaleal fluid collection compressing the left frontal lobe at the craniectomy site (arrow).
30 lis 2017 · Initial 3D CT image (a) shows a right temporal skull defect (*). 3D CT image after cranioplasty (b) shows interval harvesting of bone from the right parietal calvarium and repositioning it into the temporal skull defect (curved arrow).
21 lip 2023 · Axial soft tissue window CT brain image (b) reveals bifrontal craniectomy with a normal meningogaleal complex seen as a slightly hyperdense linear structure separating the subcutaneous layer and...
Axial post-contrast soft tissue window CT image in a patient with a right occipital craniectomy (a, thick white arrow) indicates extensive leptomeningeal enhancement (b, thin white arrows).
15 sty 2021 · EPOCT following elective craniotomy in neurologically preserved patients is not supported by current evidence, and CT scanning should be performed only in particular conditions. The authors have developed an algorithm to help the judgment of each patient by the surgeon in a resource-limited context.
Imaging plays an essential role in the evaluation of patients after cranial surgery. It is important to be familiar with the normal anatomy of the cranium; the indications for different surgical techniques such as burr holes, craniotomy, craniectomy, and cranioplasty; their normal postoperative appe ….
