title: Provision of a day case abscess service.
abstract: We have established a day case service for the surgical treatment of superficial abscesses and present the results of our first 100 patients. We feel that this is an efficient and safe service with 92% treated within 6 h of arrival in hospital and no complications in this series of patients. It has important implications for the management of this common surgical problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Loftus
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Watkin
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors