Acute inflammatory reactions to hemostatic materials mimicking post-operative intracranial abscess

Acute inflammatory reactions to hemostatic materials mimicking post-operative intracranial abscess

Oxidized cellulose can cause acute neurologic worsening in the immediate post-operative period. MRI often shows restricted diffusion around the surgical cavity on the first post-operative MRI. When acute clinical deterioration occurs with the typical MRI findings, the material must be removed surgic...

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Main Authors: Jerome J. Graber, MD, MPH, Viviane Tabar, MD, Cameron Brennan, MD, Marc Rosenblum, MD, Lisa M. DeAngelis, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-03-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Subjects:
Oxidized cellulose
Surgicel
Complications
Craniotomy
Brain tumor
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751914000048

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