Evaluation of Factors That Cause Secondary Brain Damage on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Emergency Surgery Due to Head Trauma.

Evaluation of Factors That Cause Secondary Brain Damage on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Emergency Surgery Due to Head Trauma.

Traumatic brain injury is combination damage that occurs as a result of a chain reaction of various metabolic events that develop after primary damage caused by trauma. Pathological events such as lactic acidosis, electrolyte imbalance, increased inflammation that occur during traumatic brain injury leads to poor prognosis in patients.

The retrospective study was conducted to investigate the effect of factors that may cause secondary damage, especially electrolyte imbalance and blood glucose levels, on mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing emergency surgery due to head trauma.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients who admitted to Bursa Uludag University hospital between 2013 and 2018
• patients diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and operated within the first 24 hours after admission

Exclusion Criteria:

• pediatric patients
• patients that operated after 24 hour of admission