Comprehensive study of brain stiffness and brain viscoelasticity measured by tactile biosensor over the scalp

Comprehensive study of brain stiffness and brain viscoelasticity measured by tactile biosensor over the scalp - Brain stiffness over the scalp

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000002233

Enrollment

Registered

2009-07-22

Start date

2009-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

inpatient who underwent decompressive craniectomy

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: inpatient who underwent decompressive craniectomy due to supratentrial increased intracranial pressure.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: posterior fossa decompression, internal decompression of brain cortex, infection, and hemorrhagic tendency

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
We measured the correlation between degree of palpation and viscoelastic value by tactile biosensor from immediate postoperative day to the day of cranioplasty.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
We evaluated neurology and the brain swelling degree of head CT	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactHidemasa Nagai

Shimane University Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery

h-nagai@shimane-med.ac.jp0853-20-2245

Outcome results