Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical treatment strategy for patients with bilateral frontal contusions.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 59 patients with bilateral frontal contusions who were admitted to The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University during the past 10 years, and according to the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score at the peak of edema, these patients were divided into mild group, moderate group, and severe group. Head CT scan was performed to measure the volume of contusion lesions and the anterior angle of bilateral ventricles, and the correlation between GCS score and imaging findings was analyzed. According to whether surgical treatment was performed after admission, the patients with moderate and severe contusions were further divided into surgical treatment group and conservative treatment group, and these two groups were compared in terms of length of hospital stay, complications, short- and long-term prognosis, and long-term cognitive function.Results Of all 59 patients with bilateral frontal contusions, 20 had mild contusions, 26 had moderate contusions, and 13 had severe contusions. The Pearson correlation analysis showed that GCS score was moderately negatively correlated with imaging findings. Among the patients in the moderate and severe groups, 21 underwent conservative treatment and 18 underwent surgical treatment; only one patient in the conservative treatment group (4.76%) had severe disability with cognitive impairment, and in the surgical treatment group, 3 (16.67%) survived in a persistent vegetative state, 7 (38.89%) had severe disability, and 12 (66.67%) had varying degrees of cognitive impairment. There were significant differences between the two groups in short- and long-term prognosis and cognitive function (P<0.05), while there were no significant differences in complications and length of hospital stay (P>0.05). Conclusions GCS score is moderately negatively correlated with imaging findings in patients with bilateral frontal contusions. When the two indicators are inconsistent, treatment strategies should be selected based on GCS score, and imaging changes should also be taken into account. Patients in the surgical treatment group tend to have poor prognosis and cognitive function, and therefore, surgical indications should be strictly controlled in patients with bilateral frontal contusions, which is of great significance to maintaining cognitive function and reducing poor prognosis.