Six patients had nosocomial brain abscess. Among the 7 patients with negative cultures from surgery, 4 patients (75%) had received antibiotics before surgery for a median duration of 13 days.

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The abscesses can cause brain damage and, in severe cases, be fatal, so they need to be treated fairly quickly with antibiotics and, in some cases, surgery. According to a June report led by ...

Brain surgery using artificial intelligence could be possible within two years, making it safer and more effective, a leading neurosurgeon says. Trainee surgeons are working with the new AI ...

The new ultrasound technique, called shear wave elastography, could be used during brain surgery to detect residual cancerous tissue, allowing surgeons to remove as much as possible. Researchers ...

anginosus makes up part of the physiological oral flora, it is highly likely that bacteremia occurring during dental cleaning was causal in the development of the brain abscess. Dr. med.

A Wisconsin brain surgery patient shocked doctors when he played his trombone during the operation to ensure the procedure was working. Brian Rust started noticing an intense shake in his hand ...

What changes is the part of the brain being targeted, says Dr Nir Lipsman, the trial lead investigator and the neurosurgeon who performed Dr Plummer's surgery. Courtesy Jo Kennelly Frank Plummer ...