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Treatment by aspiration of brain abscesses.

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Stroobandt, Guy [UCL] Zech, Francis [UCL] Thauvoy, Christian [UCL] Mathurin, P. de Nijs, C Gilliard, Claude [UCL]

Sixteen patients, with a total of 18 abscesses, were treated by aspiration and systemic antibiotic therapy, to which antiepileptic prophylaxis and corticosteroids were added. Diagnosis of the abscesses and monitoring of their evolution relied principally upon computed tomography; this technique was also used per-operatively when aspirating small abscesses. Bacteriological examinations were positive in all our cases and a polymicrobial flora was found in half of these. One or, eventually, two aspirations within the same week were sufficient, in most cases, to promote healing. Nevertheless, in three patients, the abscesses, however sterilized, did not show any volume reduction, probably because of adhesions to the dura mater, of a large part of the abscess surface area. One patient died from concomitant cardiac disease and one patient remained seriously disabled. Epilepsy was observed as a sequela, in six patients. This study emphasizes the role of neuroradiological and bacteriological examinations, whilst surgery may be restricted, in most cases, to a simple aspiration.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Journal Article
Publication date 1987
Journal information "Acta neurochirurgica" - Vol. 85, no. 3-4, p. 138-47 (1987)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 0001-6268
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - (MGD) Service de neurochirurgie
UCL - (SLuc) Service de neurologie
UCL - MD/CHIR - Département de chirurgie
MESH Subject Adolescent ; Adrenal Cortex Hormones - administration & dosage ; Adult ; Aged ; Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage ; Anticonvulsants - administration & dosage ; Brain Abscess - drug therapy - surgery ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Suction
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Bibliographic reference Stroobandt, Guy ; Zech, Francis ; Thauvoy, Christian ; Mathurin, P. ; de Nijs, C ; et. al. Treatment by aspiration of brain abscesses.. In: Acta neurochirurgica, Vol. 85, no. 3-4, p. 138-47 (1987)
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