Ultrasound-guided aspiration of brain abscesses through a single burr hole

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 135-140

  Strowitzki, M ^a   Schwerdtfeger, K ^a   Steudel, W I ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Brain Abscess; Intraoperative Ultrasound; Neuronavigation

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORTALITY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SUCTION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPHINING;

EID: 0035184483     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-18126     Document Type: Article

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