Surgery 101

392. Common Neurosurgical Infections

Jul 27, 2022 · 27 min · 39.0 MB
0:00-27:06

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After listening to this podcast you will be able to understand the following:

  • Common causes of cranial and spinal infections that may develop into abscesses and lead to neurosurgical intervention
  • Understand the workup used to assess patients that present with an infection that can be addressed by Neurosurgery
  • List common differential diagnoses for these presentations
  • Have a general knowledge of high yield surgical principles used
  • Understand the non-surgical management of cranial and spinal abscesses