简介：Objective:Toexploretheeffectofdexamethasonebylocaltreatmentofcerebraledemaandbraindamageafterbraininjury.Methods:Twenty-tworabbitswereclassifiedinto2groups,GroupA(thecontrolgroup,n=11)andGroupB(thetreatedgroup,n=11).Anrabbitbraincontusionmodelwasmadebybonewindowplastybyextraduralhitting.Groupbwastreatedbylocalinfiltratingandsprayingofdexamethasoneatequidistancetolesions.GroupAwasgivennormalsalineinthesamewayasGroupB.Thechangesofmoistureinbraintissuesandserummyelinbasicprotein(MBP)wereobserved.Results:ThepercentageofwatercontentindamagedhemisphereinGroupAandGroupbwas81.7%±0.56%and79.45%±0.52%respectively.Therewasasignificantdifferencebetweenthe2groups(P<0.05).ThenormallevelofMBPwas1.66μg/L±0.71μg/L,whilethevalueofMBPinGroupAandGroupbwere5.98μg/L±2.08μg/Land3.15μg/L±1.09μg/Lseparately.ThelevelofMBPinGroupAandGroupBwerehigherthannormallevelandtherewasalsoasignificantdifferencebetweenGroupAandGroupB(P<0.05).Conclusions:TheresultsofourstudyshowedthatthebrainmoistureandMBPinserumwereincreasedafterbraininjurywhilereducedaftertreatmentwithdexamethasone.ItisdemonstratedthatlocaltreatmentofbraininjurywithdexamethasonehasanobvioustherapeuticeffectoncerebraledemaandserumMBP.