Incidence of acute neurosurgery for traumatic brain injury in children-a nationwide analysis from 1998 to 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most of moderate and severe pTBIs are managed conservatively, but in some cases neurosurgical interventions are needed. The incidence rates of acute pTBI neurosurgery vary considerably between countries and operation types. Our goal was to assess the incidence of acute pTBI neurosurgery in Finland.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective Finnish register-based cohort study from 1998 to 2018. We included all patients that were 0 to 17 years of age at the time of the TBI. The incidence rates of patients with pTBI undergoing neurosurgery and the rates for specific operation types were calculated per 100,000 person-years. We compared the annual incidences with incidence rate ratios (IRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). We stratified patients to three age categories:

SUBMITTER: Mottonen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10319660 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature