A review of brain abscess surgical treatment - 78 years: Aspiration versus excision

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 431-436

  Ratnaike, Thiloka Erandathi ^a   Das, Suparna ^a   Gregson, Barbara Ann ^a   Mendelow, A David ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscess; Brain abscess; Burr hole aspiration; Craniotomy

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

BRAIN ABSCESS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 82955242949     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.03.048     Document Type: Review

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