title: Outpatient treatment of non-lactational breast abscesses.
abstract: Eighteen consecutive patients with non-lactational breast abscesses have been treated by aspiration (ten patients), surgical drainage after application of local anaesthetic cream (seven patients) or a combination of aspiration and local anaesthetic cream drainage (one patient) combined with a 2-week course of either amoxycillin and clavulanic acid or cephradine and metronidazole. All abscesses resolved completely within 2 weeks of treatment and all 18 patients expressed satisfaction with the method of treatment used. The majority of patients with breast abscesses can now be managed as outpatients.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dixon
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000077442:Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011318:Prilocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D004338:Drug Combinations; D000077442:Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; D011318:Prilocaine; D008012:Lidocaine