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Original Source: Surgical management of Skene's gland abscess/infection: a contemporary series.
INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: We report our experience with surgical excision for treatment of Skene's gland abscess/infection after conservative measures have failed. METHODS: A retrospective review of patients that underwent surgical excision of Skene's gland abscess/infection by a single surgeon from 06/1995 to 09/2008 was performed. Patients were separated into groups based on indication for procedure. Recurrence rate and success rate were calculated. RESULTS: The final study group included 34 patients....
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Incision and Drainage in Acute Abscesses
In abscess management, when is it best to drain with suction, when is it best to just open and drain? Wounds
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Daptomycin Efficacy for CNS Infection in Disseminated MRSA
This 60-year-old patient with a MRSA-infected abscess developed an unusual and serious complication. How was it successfully treated? Journal of Medical Case Reports
No benefit from irrigation during appendectomy
Irrigating the peritoneal cavity during appendectomy for perforated appendicitis offers no advantage over suction alone, with similar rates of postoperative abscess in children treated using both appr...
Summary pointsA high index of suspicion of anal fistula is needed when examining patients with a perianal abscess or sepsisAll fistulas consist of a primary track but may also have secondary...
Therapeutic approaches to pediatric brain abscesses assessed
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Suspicion of a brain abscess in a child calls for magnetic resonance imaging and empiric ceftriaxone/cefotaxime plus metronidazole, but clearer guidelines are needed, a...
Pseudomonal keratitis due to direct inoculation from an infected fingernail
bmj;346/apr17_2/f2330/FIG1F1fig1A 52 year old man was treated with chloramphenicol ointment four times a day for a corneal abrasion, and developed a pseudomonal corneal abscess 48 hours later. A......
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We report the case of a 6-year-old girl presenting with acute appendicitis complicated by perforated appendix, followed by perihepatic abscess associated with ectopic appendicoliths. CT findings were...
Mastoid subperiosteal abscess in children: drainage or mastoidectomy?
Objective: To evaluate the management of mastoid subperiosteal abscess using two different surgical approaches: simple mastoidectomy and abscess drainage. Method: The medical records of 34 children su...
A case of spontaneous abscess of the corpus cavernosum.
Abstract Spontaneous abscess of the corpus cavernosum is an extremely rare presentation. This is the first documented case of corpus cavernosal abscess caused exclusively by organisms from the Strepto...
A case report of a septic hip secondary to a psoas abscess.
ABSTRACT: Psoas abscess was first described by Mynter in 1881. Though rare, its prevalence is increasing with advances in radiology and an increasing ability to accurately diagnose the condition. The...
Abscess Caused by Citrobacter koseri Infection: Three Case Reports and a Literature Review.
In this report, we present 3 cases of abscess caused by Citrobacter koseri. All infected patients recovered after initial empirical antibiotic treatment and percutaneous drainage of the abscess. We re...
