Two surgical methods used in 90 patients with intracranial subdural empyema

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1567-1571

  Mat Nayan, S A ^a,b   Mohd Haspani, M S ^c   Abd Latiff, A Z ^d   Abdullah, J M ^c   Abdullah, S ^e  

^a HOSPITAL SUNGAI BULOH   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

^e SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clinical improvement; Empyema clearance; Intracranial subdural empyema; Morbidity; Re surgery; Surgical method

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BURR HOLE AND DRAINAGE SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL BONE OPENING PROCEDURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPHINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449524650     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.01.036     Document Type: Article

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