Despite diagnostic advancements with the introduction of CT and later MRI, as well as better antimicrobial agents and neurosurgical procedures, brain abscess continues to be a serious, potentially ...

A brain abscess is a life-threatening disease with a morbidity of 1 in 100,000 people in the U.S. The mortality of a brain abscess was 30% to 60% in the early 1970s, but it has decreased to 0% to 24% ...

The analysis included 51 patients with 55 newly diagnosed brain metastases treated with surgical resection followed by GammaTile implantation at the time of surgery. With a median follow-up of 12.4 ...