ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Frailty in Traumatic Brain Injury-The Significance of Temporal Muscle Thickness.
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- Value of temporal muscle thickness in predicting outcomes of stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Reduced Temporal Muscle Thickness Is Associated with Increased Postoperative Complications After Cranioplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Sarcopenia and ischemic stroke outcomes after endovascular revascularization: results of a retrospective, cohort study.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Age- and sex-adjusted CT-based reference values for temporal muscle thickness, cross-sectional area and radiodensity.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The velocity of temporalis muscle wasting in cerebral metastasis is prognostic for poor survival.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Prognostic value of temporalis muscle thickness as a marker of sarcopenia in intracerebral hemorrhage.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundTemporal 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.
methodsWe 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.
resultsOur analyses showed a significant association between high TMT and increased risk for intracranial hemorrhage (
conclusionHigh 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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