Elderly Patients Face Uphill Battle After Operation for TBI

NAPLES, FLA. – About one-third of elderly patients who underwent a cranial operation for traumatic brain injury die in the hospital, and one-half are dead within a year, according to a retrospective analysis of 164 patients. (Source: Clinical Neurology News)

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