Clinical analysis and results of operative treatment of 41 brain abscesses

✍ Scribed by Ahmet Yildizhan; Aydin Paşaoğlu; M. Haluk Özkul; Özdemir Aral; Naif Özkul

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 318 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0344-5607
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00383262

✦ Synopsis

In this study, 41 cases of cerebral abscess operated on in our clinics between •977 and •986 were investigated retrospectively. The surgical strategy and the factors affecting the mortality rate were discussed. It was confirmed that the most important factor affecting the mortality rate was the consciousness level of patients in the preoperative period. The importance of computed tomography (CT) for early diagnosis and management of brain abscess is stressed.