Cerebellar abscess following mastoidectomy for chronic otitis media

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-329

  Agrawal, Amit ^a   Pratap, Akshay ^a   Singh, Ishwar ^a   Kumar, Anand ^a   Shrestha, Sangeeta ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Cerebellar abscess; Mastoidectomy; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34447296975     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103316     Document Type: Article

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