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Aspiration or capsule excision? Analysis of treatment results for brain abscesses at single institute.

Melike Mut, Derya Burcu Hazer, Fırat Narin, Nejat Akalan, Tunçalp Özgen

PubMed · 2009 · 22 citations · 25 references

Abstract

Our study demonstrated that excision of abscess capsule was superior to aspiration in terms of efficiency of surgical intervention and postoperative cost of the treatment in a highly selected group of brain abscesses.

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Neuro-oncology, Brain Injury, Neurology +4