Affiliation:
1. Neurosurgical Service, Regional Hospital of Sion, Sion, Switzerland
Abstract
Abstract
The author reviews the methods of surgical treatment of brain abscess. All methods are grouped into the following six catagories: tube drainage, marsupialization, the migration method of Kahn, tapping only, aspiration, and excision. At present, only two methods are used: aspiration and excision. Antibiotics and computed tomographic (CT) scanning play important roles in the surgical treatment of a brain abscess. The use of CT scanning is invaluable in the management of brain abscess for early and exact localization, assessment of the adequacy of operation, and sequential follow-up.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Neurology (clinical),Surgery
Cited by
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