Assessment and management of meningitis following cerebellopontine angle surgery

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 427-433

  Omalley, Matthew R ^a   Haynes, David S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Meningitis; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; STEROID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PONS ANGLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149357423     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328309505c     Document Type: Review

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