Functional improvements associated with cranioplasty after stroke and traumatic brain injury: a cohort study.
F CoelhoGustavo Sousa NoletoD J F SollaPedro Nascimento MartinsA F AndradeM J TeixeiraW S PaivaR AnghinahPublished in: Brain impairment : a multidisciplinary journal of the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (2023)
Cognitive and functional outcomes improved after cranioplasty following decompressive craniectomy for stroke or TBI. This effect was consistent regardless of age, sex, or education level and persisted after 6 months. Some degree of spontaneous improvement might have contributed to the results.