Microstructural Change and Cognitive Alteration in Maxillofacial Trauma and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Veeramuthu V 1 , Hariri F 2 , Narayanan V 3 , Tan LK 4 , Ramli N 5 , Ganesan D 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Fellow in Clinical Neuropsychology, Division of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: vicveera@gmail.com
  • 2 Senior Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgical and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Imaging, University of Malaya Research Imaging Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Professor of Neuroradiology, University of Malaya Research Imaging Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 6 Professor of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 2016 Jun;74(6):1197.e1-1197.e10.
PMID: 26917201 DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2016.01.042

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to establish the incidence of maxillofacial (MF) injury accompanying mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and the associated neurocognitive deficits and white matter changes.

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