This was a prospective, randomized, single-blinded study of 48 adult subjects presenting to a single emergency department with simple cutaneous abscesses. All adult patients with cutaneous abscesses ...

are made along the line of blood vessels and nerves and not across it. Where possible natural skin crease is selected in a dependent area. Most often the point where it fluctuates the most may be ...

To reduce discomfort for patients who need their skin abscess repacked with gauze strip: (1) Pull out old packing. (2) If wound is not clean, gently irrigate with saline. (3) Using a needleless ...

Just wondering what I should do. Last week Friday I had a rather large abscesses drained on my chest at an urgent care facility (it went from 0 to 100 REALLY quickly) It was gross and yucky as those ...

So, I know I recently wrote an article about abscesses and here I am writing about them again. Truth of the matter is that I have a small obsession with them — but not in a weird way. My obsession ...