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Long-term outcomes after traumatic brain injury in elderly patients on antithrombotic therapy

Elderly patients receiving antithrombotic treatment have a significantly higher risk of develo** an intracranial hemorrhage when suffering traumatic brain injury (TBI), potentially contributing to higher mor...

Rebeca Alejandra Gavrila Laic, Peter Verhamme, Jos Vander Sloten… in Acta Neurochirurgica (2023)

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Profound prospective assessment of radiological and functional outcome 6 months after TBI in elderly

Recovery after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults is usually affected by the presence of comorbidities, leading to more severe sequelae in this age group than in younger patients. However, there are ...

Rebeca Alejandra Gavrila Laic, Jan Verheyden, Dominike Bruyninckx… in Acta Neurochirurgica (2023)

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Rehabilitation to improve outcomes of lumbar fusion surgery: a systematic review with meta-analysis

To evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation strategies on disability, pain, pain-related fear, and return-to-work in patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery for degenerative conditions or adult isthmic s...

Liedewij Bogaert, Tinne Thys, Bart Depreitere, Wim Dankaerts… in European Spine Journal (2022)

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Traumatic brain injury in the elderly population: a 20-year experience in a tertiary neurosurgery center in Belgium

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) rates in the elderly population are rapidly increasing worldwide. However, there are no clinical guidelines for the treatment of elderly TBI to date. This study aims at describing ...

Rebeca Alejandra Gavrila Laic, Jos Vander Sloten, Bart Depreitere in Acta Neurochirurgica (2022)

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Association of Dose of Intracranial Hypertension with Outcome in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

In patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) the burden of intracranial pressure (ICP) and its contribution to outcomes remains unclear. In this multicenter study, the independent association bet...

Giorgia Carra, Francesca Elli, Bogdan Ianosi, Marine Flechet… in Neurocritical Care (2021)

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International comparative study of low back pain care pathways and analysis of key interventions

Low back pain (LBP) is a major public health problem worldwide. Significant practice variation exists despite guidelines, including strong interventionist focus by some practitioners. Translation of guidelines...

Ellen Coeckelberghs, Hilde Verbeke, Anja Desomer… in European Spine Journal (2021)

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An Update on the COGiTATE Phase II Study: Feasibility and Safety of Targeting an Optimal Cerebral Perfusion Pressure as a Patient-Tailored Therapy in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Introduction: Monitoring of cerebral autoregulation (CA) in patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can provide an individual ‘optimal’ cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) target (CPPopt) at which CA is best ...

Jeanette Tas, Erta Beqiri, C. R. van Kaam… in Intracranial Pressure and Neuromonitoring … (2021)

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Prediction model for intracranial hypertension demonstrates robust performance during external validation on the CENTER-TBI dataset

Giorgia Carra, Fabian Güiza, Bart Depreitere, Geert Meyfroidt in Intensive Care Medicine (2021)

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Collagen fibre orientation in human bridging veins

Bridging veins (BVs) drain the blood from the cerebral cortex into dural sinuses. BVs have one end attached to the brain and the other to the superior sagittal sinus (SSS), which is attached to the skull. Rela...

Markos Kapeliotis… in Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology (2020)

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How good are the outcomes of instrumented debulking operations for symptomatic spinal metastases and how long do they stand? A subgroup analysis in the global spine tumor study group database

The benefits of surgery for symptomatic spinal metastases have been demonstrated, largely based on series of patients undergoing debulking and instrumentation operations. However, as cancer treatments improve ...

Bart Depreitere, Federico Ricciardi, Mark Arts, Laurent Balabaud… in Acta Neurochirurgica (2020)

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Postoperative bracing after lumbar surgery: a survey amongst spinal surgeons in Belgium

Bracing is frequently prescribed following lumbar surgery for degenerative conditions. However, previous studies failed to demonstrate the advantage of postoperative lumbar bracing in both short- and long-term...

Liedewij Bogaert, Peter Van Wambeke, Tinne Thys… in European Spine Journal (2019)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Visualizing Cerebrovascular Autoregulation Insults and Their Association with Outcome in Adult and Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Objective:  The aim of this study is to assess visually the impact of duration and intensity of cerebrovascular autoregulation insults on 6-month neurological outcome in severe traumatic brain injury.

Marine Flechet, Geert Meyfroidt, Ian Piper… in Intracranial Pressure & Neuromonitoring XVI (2018)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Variability Between Patients and Between Centres

Introduction: The aim of this analysis was to investigate to what extent median cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) differs between severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients and between centres, and whether the...

Bart Depreitere, Fabian Güiza, Ian Piper… in Intracranial Pressure & Neuromonitoring XVI (2018)