EVALUATING THE INFLUENCE OF CRANIOTOMY ON CORTICAL THICKNESS IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (short paper).

While craniotomy is one of the management methods for traumatic brain injury (TBI), there is still controversy about the quality of life and the improved outcome is questioned after this procedure. Present article attempts to evaluate the structural changes of grey matter between the traumatic brain injury patients with and without craniotomy. Utilizing magnetic resonance data and performing voxel-based morphometry, revealed the lower cortical thickness in TBI patients with craniotomy compared to their non-craniotomy counterparts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]