An abscess is a simple collection of necrotic tissue in a liquefied status; most often infected (with purulent material-pus). Apart from the local symptoms of pain, swelling, redness and ...

Despite current recommendations to treat simple abscesses only with incision and drainage, adding antibiotics increased cure rate and reduced recurrence rate for S aureus infections.

They concluded that antibiotic therapy did not alter the outcome of the skin and soft tissue abscesses 1 week after incision and drainage, because 96% of subjects in each group improved.

Ladde, J., et al. (2020) A Randomized Controlled Trial of Novel Loop Drainage Technique Versus Standard Incision and Drainage in the Treatment of Skin Abscesses.

Incision and drainage of peritonsillar abscess The most effective way of handling peritonsillar abscess (quinsy) once the diagnosis is made, is to incise and drain the abscess.

Journal Reference: Brian Chinnock, Gregory W. Hendey. Irrigation of Cutaneous Abscesses Does Not Improve Treatment Success. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2015; DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.08.007 ...

If the surgeon leaves the incision of a simple or single abscess removal open to drain on its own, CPT 10060 should be used. If there is need to place a drain or pack to allow for continuous drainage ...

The definitive treatment for an infection in a closed space (i.e., an abscess, boil or infected cyst) is to incise (cut it open) and drain it. It is effective, and no antibiotics are usually needed.

Therefore, a perineal incision with drainage of the abscess was performed. Postoperative course was uneventful. After recovery, a rectal or colonic fistula was ruled out by rectoscopy and colonoscopy.