title: Surgical treatment of brain abscess.
abstract: The author reviews the methods of surgical treatment of brain abscess. All methods are grouped into the following six categories: tube drainage, marsupialization, the migration method of Kahn, tapping only, aspiration, and excision. At present, only two methods are used: aspiration and excision. Antibiotics and computed tomographic (CT) scanning play important roles in the surgical treatment of a brain abscess. The use of CT scanning is invaluable in the management of brain abscess for early and exact localization, assessment of the adequacy of operation, and sequential follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Service, Regional Hospital of Sion, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stephanov
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000379:methods