Suction-irrigation treatment of craniotomy infections

Abstract

✓ A simple method of early debridement and institution of suction-irrigation has been used on eight consecutive craniotomy infections. The principles of treatment are identification of the infecting organism, open debridement of the wound, and closed irrigation of the subgaleal area with an antibiotic solution for 5 days. The treatment has been, thus far, uniformly successful in resolving these craniotomy infections, thereby avoiding bone flap removal.