Craniotomy improves outcomes for cranial subdural empyemas: Computed tomography-era experience with 699 patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 872-878

  Nathoo, Narendra ^a   Nadvi, Syed Sameer ^a   Gouws, Eleanor ^b   Van Dellen, James R ^c  

^a Wentworth Hospital   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burr holes; Craniectomy; Craniotomy; Intracranial suppuration; Outcome; Subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0034810777     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200110000-00017     Document Type: Article

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