Brain abscess after insertion of skull traction.
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A. H. Kaye, FRACS, Neurosurgery Senior Registrar M. Briggs, MSc, FRCS, Consultant Neurosurgeon Department of Neurological Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England. Requests for reprints should be sent to Mr A. H. Kaye. © 1982 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 0301-620X/82/4086-0500 $2.00 Case 2. Computerised tomographic scan showing an intracerebral lesion in the left temporoparietal region surrounded by cerebral oedema: the abscess appears as a dense area within the cerebrum.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume
دوره 64 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982