Effects of cranioplasty on neurological function:a CT perfusion study / 实用医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effects of cranioplasty onneurological functionin patients based on the cerebral CT perfusion technique. Methods Twenty cases of patients receiving cranioplasty were rerecorded during the study period,and they wererespectively scanned by CT perfusion within 72 hours before and 2 weeks after the cranioplasty. Meanwhile,the neurological function was evaluated by neurological function scale. Results The difference of cerebral blood flow before and after cranioplasty was statistically significant(P<0.05), whereas the difference of cerebral blood volume,transit time to the peak and mean transit time was not statistically significant(P>0.05).Correlation analysis showed that the preoperativedifference ratio of thecerebral blood infusio-nis not correlated with the neurological function score(P > 0.05). The changes of preoperative and postoperative difference rateof the cerebral blood infusionwas correlated with the functional independence measure(P < 0.05), whereas not with mini-mental state examination(P > 0.05). Conclusions The neurological function of the patients after cranioplasty may be improved.This improvement may benefit from the improvement of cerebral blood flow after cranioplasty.