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CEREBRAL ABSCESS DUE TO SKULL TRACTION
Author(s) -
Jamieson K. G.,
Yelland J. D. N.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1965.tb04381.x
Subject(s) - medicine , skull , traction (geology) , abscess , surgery , craniotomy , brain abscess , cervical spine , geomorphology , geology
S ummary Two cases of cerebral abscess due to skull traction for cervical spine injury are reported. In both cases, local evidence of infection was followed by neurological signs which necessitated craniotomy for excision of abscess.