One-Year Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury and Early Extracranial Surgery in the TRACK-TBI Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Exposure to extracranial (EC) surgery early after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with cognitive risks.

Objective

To examine whether exposure to EC surgery during a TBI index admission is associated with worse outcomes at 1 year compared with no EC surgery.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective secondary nested cohort study of the prospective, observational Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in TBI (TRACK-TBI) cohort study that enrolled participants from February 1, 2014, through August 31, 2018, at 18 US level I trauma centers. Participants aged 17 years or older who were admitted to an inpatient unit from the emergency department (ED) within 24 hours of trauma, had a known Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score and head c

SUBMITTER: Roberts CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12514633 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature