Brain abscess and generalized seizure caused by halo pin intracranial penetration: Case report and review of the literature

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Gelalis, Ioannis D ^a,b   Christoforou, Georgios ^a   Motsis, Efstathios ^a   Arnaoutoglou, Christina ^a   Xenakis, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Halo pin penetration; Odontoid fractures; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FIXATION DEVICE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HALO PIN; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOTICS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHILADELPHIA CERVICAL COLLAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFLAMMATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BONE NAILS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EPILEPSY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349154778     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0759-x     Document Type: Article

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