Predictive Value of Follow-Up CT in Conservatively Managed Traumatic Brain Injury
Hatem Marie1, Dana Abdullatif Alkandari1, Maximilian Peter Forssten2,3
1Department of Surgery, New Jahra Hospital, Al Jahra, Kuwait.
World Journal of Surgery
|October 3, 2026
Abstract:
Progression of intracranial hematoma on routine follow-up CT in conservative managed traumatic brain injury patients rarely leads to operative intervention. Initial Marshall score is. more predictive than progression of intracranial hematoma on routine follow-up CT for the need of surgical intervention (AUC 0.88 vs. 057, p=0.016).

