Management of subdural intracranial empyemas should not always require surgery.
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- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 49 (6) , 635-639
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.49.6.635
Abstract
Seven patients with subdural empyema were initially treated by antibiotics without surgery. Six have recovered without sequelae. One required delayed surgery and has recovered with epilepsy. The authors emphasise the use of CT for the diagnosis and follow-up of subdural empyema, the principles and modalities of non-surgical treatment, and the good results, especially for late morbidity.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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