SMJ articles in the category "craniotomy"

Original Article

Surgeons’ Perspectives on Optimal Patient Positioning During Simultaneous Cranial Procedures and Exploratory Laparotomy

Objectives: Patients presenting with traumatic intracranial and intraabdominal injuries often require emergent care. Triage of injuries is based on severity of the individual injuries, but treatment occasionally must proceed simultaneously. Determining an optimal patient position at the time of surgery often produces unnecessary delays and this delay may negatively affect…

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Case Report

Successful Management of Central Nervous System Infection Due to Propionibacterium acnes with Vancomycin and Doxycycline

Propionibacterium acnes is an infrequent but increasingly recognized cause of neurosurgical infections. In this setting, it has been most commonly reported as complicating neurosurgical shunt procedures. The optimum therapy for central nervous system infections caused by P acnes has not been established. The authors report on a patient who had…

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