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How To Incise and Drain an Abscess
Tips and Tricks for Incising and Draining an Abscess
When doing a field block, after the first injection always reinsert the needle through anesthetized skin to minimize the number of painful pricks. For breast abscesses, ultrasound-guided needle aspiration, as opposed to formal incision and drainage, is becoming the standard of care. Sebaceous cyst abscesses have a pearly white capsule. The capsule must be removed for complete healing either at the time of abscess drainage or at a follow-up visit once inflammation has resolved. For paronychia, consider simply lifting the eponychial fold away from the nail matrix to allow the pus to drain; after this, adequate drainage is likely. 