Stereotactic aspiration and antibiotic treatment combined with hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of bacterial brain abscesses

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1140-1145

  Kutlay, Murat ^a,b   Çolak, Ahmet ^a   Yildiz, Şenol ^a   Demircan, Nusret ^a   Akin, Osman Niyazi ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Stereotactic aspiration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SELF CARE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244463551     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000186012.95462.E5     Document Type: Article

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