World Neurosurg
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To analyze the impact of factors known after admission on mortality attributable to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) resulting from saccular intracranial aneurysm (IA). ⋯ Sequelae of aneurysmal SAH were the leading cause of death for 12 months. Mortality analysis of this period displayed three phases with distinct independent risk factors. These data support the creation of prognosticators for prediction on admission of the everyday individual risk of death until 12 months after aneurysmal SAH.
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Review Case Reports
Early multimodality treatment of intracranial abscesses.
The treatment of brain abscesses remains one of the success stories of contemporary neurosurgery; what began as a nearly uniformly fatal disease at the turn of the 20th century has become a largely curable ailment through the use of operative and pharmaceutical intervention. ⋯ Cushing employed a variety of operative drainage techniques for intracranial abscesses and implemented an early antibacterial agent to provide adjuvant treatment in one patient. Although these cases demonstrate a 50% mortality rate, they provide insight into the challenges faced by neurosurgeons treating intracranial abscesses at the turn of the 20th century.