Challenges in the management of intracranial subdural empyema

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 198-206

  Bashir, El Fatih M ^a   Taha, Zuhair M ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Burr hole; Craniotomy; Diagnosis; Subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0042970381     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-200309000-00005     Document Type: Article

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