Application of debridement and continuous closed irrigation and drainage to the treatment of epidural and subdural abscess after craniotomy
ZHOU Jian
CHEN Qian Xue
Abstract：Objective To explore the diagnosis and treatment of epidural and subdural abscess after craniotomy.Methods The clinical data of 18 patients with epidural and subdural abscess after craniotomy treated by debridement and continuous closed irrigation and drainage (CCID) were analyzed retrospectively.CCID lasted from 6 to 10 days after the debridement.Results Of 18 patients with abscess,17 were cured after extubation and 1 who had intracerebral abscess after the epidural and subdural abscess was cured by the subsequent puncture and drainage of the intracerebral abscess.The following up from 3 to 12 months showed that there was no recurrence of intracranial infection in all the patients.Conclusions The results of head CT and (or) MRI examination can provide important basis for the diagnosis of the epidural and subdural abscess after the craniotomy.The curative effect of debridement and CCID on epidural and subdural abscess after craniotomy is good.
Keywords：Epidural and subdural abscessPostoperative complicationsClosed irrigation and drainageDebridement
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 318-321 )