Intracranial suppuration: A clinical comparison of subdural empyemas and epidural abscesses

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-196

  Tsai, Yu Duan ^a   Chang, Wen Neng ^a   Shen, Chung Chang ^a   Lin, Ying Chao ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^a   Liliang, Po Chou ^a   Su, Thung Ming ^a   Rau, Cheng Shyuan ^a   Lu, Kang ^a   Liang, Cheng Loong ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidural abscess; Intracranial suppuration; Subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344211461     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)01054-6     Document Type: Article

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