Primary excision of brain abscess.
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Primary excision of brain abscess.
Sixteen consecutive patients with brain abscess, including two with multilocular and two with infratentorial abscesses, were treated by primary total excision of the abscess. The patients were followed for six months to three years. Only one patient died and there were no recurrences. Immediate primary excision is therefore the treatment of choice in brain abscess.
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受 稿1985年9月20日 受 理1986年6月23日 Abstract Thirty-eight cases of brain abscess observed from 1959 to 1983 were analyzed. Thirty-seven cases were operated on and 22 cases out of these were treated with aspiration, 14 cases with extra-capsular total excision, and one case with ventricular drainage. The operative mortality and morbidity were compared between the aspiration group and the excision group. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.6095.1119