Open AccessBREAST ABSCESS;
Author(s) -
Muhammad Umar Javed,
Sidra Aleem,
Sheraz Jamil Asif,
Javed Iqbal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2017.24.01.484
Subject(s) - medicine , abscess , incision and drainage , surgery , randomized controlled trial , group b
Objectives: To compare the recurrence rate between incision drainage andmultiple needle aspiration for breast abscess treatment. Study Design: Randomized ControlledTrial. Setting: Department of General Surgery, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. StudyDuration: 29th September 2015 to 29th June 2016. Materials & Methods: A total of 60 femalepatients with breast abscess of <2 cm in size and of duration <2 weeks between 20 to 40 yearsof age were included. Patients with multiple breast abscesses, recurrent breast abscesses andcomplicated abscesses were excluded. The patients were randomized into Group A (incisionand drainage) & Group B (needle aspiration), by using lottery method. Follow up was done forup to 7 days and recurrence was noted. Results: The mean age of patients in group A was30.83 ± 5.67 years and in group B was 31.53 ± 5.73 years. Mean duration of disease was 7.58± 2.83 days. Mean size of abscess was 0.86 ± 0.43 cm. Recurrence was found in 07 (23.33%)patients in group A (incision drainage) while in 21 (70.0%) patients in group B (multiple needleaspiration) with p-value of 0.000 which is statistically significant. Conclusion: The recurrencerate is less after incision & drainage as compared to multiple needle aspirations for treatingbreast abscess.