[Drainage of cerebral and cerebellar abscesses with "cigar"-shape draining tampon].

The treatment was given to 95 patients aged 5 to 63 years with temporal (n = 86) and cerebellar abscesses (n = 9). Most of the patients were hospitalized after home treatment with antibiotics which complicated the diagnosis because of atypical course of the disease induced by them. The "cigar" tampon was used for draining brain abscess. The cover of the tampon was made not of the glove rubber but of a baby's rubber dummy and a rubber pipette cap. Holes were cut in the walls of the latter and gauze turundas inserted. The results of such manipulation were favourable. Therefore, it is recommended to use a modified "cigar" tampon-drain in the treatment of otogenic abscesses of the brain and cerebellum.