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
