Brain abscess and its surgical management
| Autor: | D. Front, J. Schächter, J. Gruszkiewicz, Yaffa Doron, B. Borovich, E. Peyser |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
| Předmět: |
Suction (medicine)
medicine.medical_specialty Brain Abscess Disease Suction Scintigraphy Epilepsy Streptococcal Infections Methods medicine Humans Radionuclide Imaging Abscess Brain abscess Neurological deficit Chronic stage medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Staphylococcal Infections bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease Surgery Cranial Fossa Posterior Drainage Neurology (clinical) Radiology Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Surgical Neurology. 18:7-17 |
| ISSN: | 0090-3019 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0090-3019(82)90004-0 |
| Popis: | A series of 56 patients with brain abscesses who were treated over a period of 23 years is reviewed. Patients with posttraumatic infections were not included. The operative mortality was 11%. Aspiration of purulent material, radical excision of the abscess, drainage of pus, or a combination of these procedures was used according to the patient's condition and the location of the abscess. The relatively low mortality may be related to the preoperative condition of these patients, who were operated upon in the subacute or chronic stage of their disease. Conservative surgery, especially when functionally important parts of the brain are involved, helps to keep the postoperative neurological deficit as low as possible. Computerized tomography is of primary importance in localizing, diagnosing, and following the evolution of a brain abscess. |
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