On the report of the first successful surgical treatment of brain abscess in the Ottoman empire by Dr. Cemil Topuzlu in 1891

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 869-872

  Mut, Melike ^a   Dinç, Gülten ^b   Naderi, Sait ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cemil Topuzlu; History; Neurosurgery; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INJURY; CRANIOTOMY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SKULL FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BRAIN ABSCESS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; TURKEY;

EID: 35948936379     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000298917.17001.88     Document Type: Review

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