Conservative neurosurgical management of intracranial epidural abscesses in children

Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 893-898

  Heran, Navraj Singh ^a   Steinbok, Paul ^a   Cochrane, D Douglas ^a,b   Chapman, Paul H ^c   Humphreys, Robin P ^c   Adelson, P David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Epidural abscess; Intracranial; Management; Pediatric; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MASTOIDECTOMY; NEUROSURGERY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0141640799     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000084163.51521.58     Document Type: Article

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