Cerebellar abscess: The significance of cerebrospinal fluid diversion

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-67

  Nadvi, Syed Sameer ^a   Parboosing, Ravin ^a   Van Dellen, James Rikus ^a  

^a Wentworth Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cerebellar abscess; CSF diversion; Hydrocephalus; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0030984715     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199707000-00013     Document Type: Article

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