Brain abscess: Analysis of results in a series of 51 patients with a combined surgical and medical approach during an 11-year period

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Çavuşoglu, Halit ^a,b   Kaya, Ramazan Alper ^a   Türkmenoglu, Osman Nuri ^a   Çolak, Ibrahim ^a   Aydin, Yunus ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Bur hole aspiration; Craniotomy; Excision; Stereotactic aspiration

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57049173585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/24/6/E9     Document Type: Article

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