Bedside twist drill aspiration of cerebral abscess less than 2.5 cm in size: A case series and discussion
Open Access
- 1 January 2017
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Scholar in Surgical Neurology International
- Vol. 8 (1), 230
- https://doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_291_16
Abstract
In patients with peripherally located brain abscesses less than 2.5 cm in size, bedside twist drill drainage may be a safe and reasonable approach. Positive identification of infective pathogen allows for a decreased hospital length of stay and de-escalation of antibiotics regiment resulting in significant reduction of hospital costs and resources in 2 of the 3 patients treated. This is of benefit to the patient as well as the health system.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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