Treatment of a brain abscess after a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) (clinical case)

Abstract

Objective: to demonstrate the diagnostic features and successful outcome of the combined treatment of a temporoparietal abscess in the left cerebral hemisphere after a patient underwent COVID-19. The choice of a technique for surgical treatment of a brain abscess formed after COVID-19 is very difficult in view of the possible development of secondary hemorrhagic and infectious complications in such patients in the postoperative period. In the presented clinical case, the surgical manual was chosen in the volume of closed external drainage of the abscess cavity using a surgical navigation station and sowing on microflora. In combination with well-chosen antibacterial therapy, this made it possible to reduce the risk of complications, achieve early activation of the patient, and reduce the time of medical and social rehabilitation.