External Validation of the Liverpool Head Injury Tomography Score for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury | AMiner
External Validation of the Liverpool Head Injury Tomography Score for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Conor S. Gillespie,Yuhan Guo,Matthew Kingham,Shangqing W. Yang,Zhikai Li,Munashe Veremu,William H. Cook,Youssef Chedid,Emily Simmons,Naomi Deakin,David Clark,Virginia F. J. Newcombe,Peter J. Hutchinson,Catherine J. McMahon,Alexis J. Joannides
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) neurosurgical referrals are increasing. This study aimed to externally validate a radiological scoring system to define a ‘neurosurgically significant’ mild TBI and evaluate its impact on referral outcome if implemented. Retrospective, external validation of the UK Liverpool Head Injury Tomography Score (LIV-HITS). Consecutive neurosurgery referrals to a tertiary neurosurgery centre for mild TBI were included (1st January 2022—30th June 2022). Mechanism of injury, LIV-HITS and management decision were identified, and diagnostic accuracy determined. A total of 1547 referrals were included. 147 (9.5