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===Primary closure===
===Primary closure===
Primary closure has been successful when combined with [[curettage]] and [[antibiotics]]<ref name="pmid9137156">{{cite journal |author=Abraham N, Doudle M, Carson P |title=Open versus closed surgical treatment of abscesses: a controlled clinical trial |journal=The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=173-6 |year=1997 |pmid=9137156 |doi=}}</ref> or with curettage alone.<ref name="pmid3881155">{{cite journal |author=Stewart MP, Laing MR, Krukowski ZH |title=Treatment of acute abscesses by incision, curettage and primary suture without antibiotics: a controlled clinical trial |journal=The British journal of surgery |volume=72 |issue=1 |pages=66-7 |year=1985 |pmid=3881155 |doi=}}</ref> However, another [[randomized controlled trial]] found primary closure led to 35% failing to heal primarily and primary closure longer median number of days to closure (8.9 versus 7.8).<ref name="pmid6805714">{{cite journal |author=Simms MH, Curran F, Johnson RA, ''et al'' |title=Treatment of acute abscesses in the casualty department |journal=British medical journal (Clinical research ed.) |volume=284 |issue=6332 |pages=1827-9 |year=1982 |pmid=6805714 |doi=}}</ref>


In anorectal abscesses, primary closure healed faster, but 25% of abscesses healed by secondary healing and recurrence was higher.<ref name="pmid6397949">{{cite journal |author=Kronborg O, Olsen H |title=Incision and drainage v. incision, curettage and suture under antibiotic cover in anorectal abscess. A randomized study with 3-year follow-up |journal=Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica |volume=150 |issue=8 |pages=689-92 |year=1984 |pmid=6397949 |doi=}}</ref>  
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<ref name="pmid3881155">{{cite journal |author=Stewart MP, Laing MR, Krukowski ZH |title=Treatment of acute abscesses by incision, curettage and primary suture without antibiotics: a controlled clinical trial |journal=The British journal of surgery |volume=72 |issue=1 |pages=66-7 |year=1985 |pmid=3881155 |doi=}}</ref> <ref name="pmid9137156">{{cite journal |author=Abraham N, Doudle M, Carson P |title=Open versus closed surgical treatment of abscesses: a controlled clinical trial |journal=The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=173-6 |year=1997 |pmid=9137156 |doi=}}</ref> <ref name="Singer">Singer et al. (2013)Primary Versus Secondary Closure of Cutaneous Abscesses in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Acad Emerg Med{{doi|10.1111/acem.12053}}</ref>
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In anorectal abscesses, primary closure healed faster, but 25% of abscesses healed by secondary healing and recurrence was higher.<ref name="pmid6397949">{{cite journal |author=Kronborg O, Olsen H |title=Incision and drainage v. incision, curettage and suture under antibiotic cover in anorectal abscess. A randomized study with 3-year follow-up |journal=Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica |volume=150 |issue=8 |pages=689-92 |year=1984 |pmid=6397949 |doi=}}</ref>


===Perianal abscess===
===Perianal abscess===

Revision as of 15:40, 23 February 2013

Abscess Main page

Patient Information

Overview

Causes

Classification

Anal Abscess
Appendicular Abscess
Brain Abscess
Breast Abscess
Colon Abscess
Cutaneous Abscess
Liver Abscess
Lung Abscess
Pancreatic Abscess
Retropharyngeal Abscess
Splenic Abscess
Tonsillar and Peritonsillar Abscess

Differential Diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Wound abscesses do not generally need to be treated with antibiotics, but they will require surgical intervention, debridement and curretage.[1]

Surgery

Incision and drainage

The abscess should be inspected to identify if foreign objects are a cause, requiring surgical removal. If foreign objects are not the cause, a doctor will incise and drain the abscess and prescribe painkillers and possibly antibiotics.

Surgical drainage of the abscess (e.g. lancing) is usually indicated once the abscess has developed from a harder serous inflammation to a softer pus stage. This is expressed in the Latin medical aphorism Ubi pus, ibi evacua.

In critical areas where surgery presents a high risk, surgery may be delayed or used as a last resort. The drainage of a lung abscess may be performed by positioning the patient in a way that enables the contents to be discharged via the respiratory tract. Warm compresses and elevation of the limb may be beneficial for skin abscess.

Primary closure

Randomized controlled trials of primary closure.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Trial Patients Intervention Comparison Outcome Results Comment
Intervention Control
Simms[2]
1982
114 patients Primary closure   Various outcomes     Primary closure delayed healing by one day
Stewart[3]
1985
137 patients
• All abscesses were drained, curetted, and irrigated
Primary closure   Various outcomes     Primary closure significantly better
Abraham[4]
1997
61 patients
• "Abscesses requiring drainage under a general anaesthetic"
• All abscesses were drained, curetted, and irrigated
Primary closure with interrupted vertical mattress skin sutures with/without closed suction drainage Packing • Healing at one week
• Healing at one month
    Primary closure significantly better at one week; no difference at one month.
Singer[5]
2013
56 patients Primary closure with vertical mattress sutures Packing Failure to health at one week 30% 29% Primary closure significantly better
               

In anorectal abscesses, primary closure healed faster, but 25% of abscesses healed by secondary healing and recurrence was higher.[6]

Perianal abscess

Perianal abscesses can be seen in patients with for example inflammatory bowel disease (such as Crohn's disease) or diabetes. Often the abscess will start as an internal wound caused by ulceration or hard stool. This wound typically becomes infected as a result of the normal presence of feces in the rectal area, and then develops into an abscess. This often presents itself as a lump of tissue near the anus which grows larger and more painful with the passage of time.

Like other abscesses, perianal abscesses may require prompt medical treatment, such as an incision and debridement or lancing.

References

  1. McLatchie G, Leaper D, (eds). 2007. Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery, 2nd ed. Oxford. OUP
  2. 2.0 2.1 Simms MH, Curran F, Johnson RA; et al. (1982). "Treatment of acute abscesses in the casualty department". British medical journal (Clinical research ed.). 284 (6332): 1827–9. PMID 6805714.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Stewart MP, Laing MR, Krukowski ZH (1985). "Treatment of acute abscesses by incision, curettage and primary suture without antibiotics: a controlled clinical trial". The British journal of surgery. 72 (1): 66–7. PMID 3881155.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Abraham N, Doudle M, Carson P (1997). "Open versus closed surgical treatment of abscesses: a controlled clinical trial". The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery. 67 (4): 173–6. PMID 9137156.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Singer et al. (2013)Primary Versus Secondary Closure of Cutaneous Abscesses in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Acad Emerg Meddoi:10.1111/acem.12053
  6. Kronborg O, Olsen H (1984). "Incision and drainage v. incision, curettage and suture under antibiotic cover in anorectal abscess. A randomized study with 3-year follow-up". Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica. 150 (8): 689–92. PMID 6397949.

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