Brain abscess as a complication of orthognathic surgery: Diagnosis, management, and pathophysiology

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 480-482

  Baker, Stephen B ^a   Weinzweig, Jeffrey ^a   Bartlett, Scott P ^a   Whitaker, Linton A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLEFT LIP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE SURGERY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIFACIAL MICROSOMIA; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLEFT PALATE; NOTE; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOTOMY; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032797797     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199908000-00022     Document Type: Article

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