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Revision as of 19:39, 30 November 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Overview
Prior to the 1800s, brain abscesses were almost uniformly fatal, and were rarely diagnosed prior to autopsy. Macewan was one of the 1st neurosurgeons who showed that these patients could actually be cured via surgical drainage. In the post WWII / antibiotic era, the mortality from brain abscesses really started to drop, and with the advent of the CT in 1974, earlier diagnosis and Rx was finally possible.