Bartholin's cyst: marsupialization or aspiration?
Of 34 patients with bartholinitis, two thirds had abscesses and one third had cysts. Aspiration provided not only relief but also material for bacteriologic culture. Ninety-five percent of the abscesses, half of them caused by gonorrhea, could be treated with penicillin and metronidazole. Cysts were not treated with chemotherapy. Cure rate was 85%.
D000038:Abscess / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001472:Bartholin's Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*