Never go to sleep on undrained pus: A retrospective review of surgery for intraparenchymal cerebral abscess

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 412-417

  Smith, S J ^a,b   Ughratdar, I ^a   MacArthur, D C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Aspiration; Cerebral abscess; Craniotomy; Diffusion MRI; Mechanical

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPHINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849109861     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690902887549     Document Type: Article

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