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Dubinski D, Won SY, Meyer-Wilmes J, Trnovec S, Rafaelian A, Behmanesh B, Cantré D, Baumgarten P, Dinc N, Konczalla J, Wittstock M, Bernstock JD, Freiman TM, Gessler F. Frailty in Traumatic Brain Injury-The Significance of Temporal Muscle Thickness. J Clin Med 2023; 12:7625. [PMID: 38137693 PMCID: PMC10743381 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12247625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Temporal muscle thickness (TMT) on cranial CT scans has recently been identified as a prognostic imaging parameter for assessing a patient's baseline frailty. Here, we analyzed whether TMT correlates with Traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity and whether it can be used to predict outcome(s) after TBI. METHODS We analyzed the radiological and clinical data sets of 193 patients with TBI who were admitted to our institution and correlated the radiological data with clinical outcomes after stratification for TMT. RESULTS Our analyses showed a significant association between high TMT and increased risk for intracranial hemorrhage (p = 0.0135) but improved mRS at 6 months (p = 0.001) as compared to patients with low TMT. Congruent with such findings, a lower TMT was associated with falls and reduced outcomes at 6 months (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION High TMT was robustly associated with head trauma sequelae but was also associated with good clinical outcomes in TBI patients. These findings consolidate the significance of TMT as an objective marker of frailty in TBI patients; such measurements may ultimately be leveraged as prognostic indicators.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daniel Dubinski
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (S.-Y.W.); (J.M.-W.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (B.B.); (T.M.F.); (F.G.)
| | - Sae-Yeon Won
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (S.-Y.W.); (J.M.-W.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (B.B.); (T.M.F.); (F.G.)
| | - Jonas Meyer-Wilmes
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (S.-Y.W.); (J.M.-W.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (B.B.); (T.M.F.); (F.G.)
| | - Svorad Trnovec
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (S.-Y.W.); (J.M.-W.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (B.B.); (T.M.F.); (F.G.)
| | - Artem Rafaelian
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (S.-Y.W.); (J.M.-W.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (B.B.); (T.M.F.); (F.G.)
| | - Bedjan Behmanesh
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (S.-Y.W.); (J.M.-W.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (B.B.); (T.M.F.); (F.G.)
| | - Daniel Cantré
- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Pediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany;
| | - Peter Baumgarten
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Schiller University Jena, 07747 Jena, Germany; (P.B.); (N.D.)
| | - Nazife Dinc
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Schiller University Jena, 07747 Jena, Germany; (P.B.); (N.D.)
| | - Juergen Konczalla
- Department of Neurosurgery, Goethe-University Hospital, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
| | - Matthias Wittstock
- Department of Neurology, University Medicine Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany;
| | - Joshua D. Bernstock
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA;
| | - Thomas M. Freiman
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (S.-Y.W.); (J.M.-W.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (B.B.); (T.M.F.); (F.G.)
| | - Florian Gessler
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (S.-Y.W.); (J.M.-W.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (B.B.); (T.M.F.); (F.G.)
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