Minor surgical procedure to release pus or pressure under skin
Incision and drainage
Other names
Clinical lancing
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Drainage (medical)
ICD-10-PCS
0?9
MeSH
D004322
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Incision and drainage (I&D), also known as clinical lancing, are minor surgical procedures to release pus or pressure built up under the skin, such as from an abscess, boil, or infected paranasal sinus. It is performed by treating the area with an antiseptic, such as iodine-based solution, and then making a small incision to puncture the skin using a sterile instrument such as a sharp needle or a pointed scalpel. This allows the pus to escape by draining out through the incision.
Good medical practice for large abdominal abscesses requires insertion of a drainage tube, preceded by insertion of a peripherally inserted central catheter line to enable readiness of treatment for possible septic shock.
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surgical incision. It presents as redness and warmth at the margins of the incision with purulent drainage from it. If the diagnosis is uncertain, the...
symptoms and examination. If there is infection, treatment is generally by incisionanddrainage just off the midline. Shaving the area and laser hair...
hangnails. Treatment includes antibiotics and antifungals, and if pus is present, the consideration of incisionanddrainage. Paronychia is commonly misapplied...
chancroid and lymphogranuloma venereum. In these conditions, a two-week course of antibiotics is the recommended treatment, andincisionanddrainage or excision...
injecting corticosteroids into the lesion may be tried. If large, incisionanddrainage may be recommended. While relatively common, the frequency of the...
number of methods including needle aspiration, incisionanddrainage, and tonsillectomy. Incisionanddrainage may be associated with a lower chance of recurrence...
Bartholin gland cyst after incisionanddrainage to allow continued drainageand re-epithelialization of a tract for future drainage. The stem of the Word...
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and/or diarrhea, and multiorgan failure. Diagnosis is typically based on symptoms. Treatment includes intravenous fluids, antibiotics, incisionand drainage...
run through their natural lifespans. Some dermatologists offer incisionanddrainage services to sterilely drain the pimple. "pimple" at Dorland's Medical...
or with styes that do not seem to heal, and to people who have blepharitis or rosacea. Incisionanddrainage is performed if resolution does not begin...
require antibiotics or incisionanddrainage. Nipple discharge is the third most common breast complaint by women, after breast pain and a breast lump. About...
treated by surgical incisionanddrainage, and the incision is located inside the mouth to avoid a scar on the face. The incision are placed below the...
the body, several incisions are common. Wilde's incision – This post-aural incision is used for a variant mastoiditis drainage, and was named after Sir...
dysphagia (difficulty swallowing). Treatment is by surgical incisionanddrainage, with the incision running transversely in a skin crease behind the chin....
incisional abscess confers purulent drainage. The recommended treatment of an incisional abscess after hysterectomy is by incisionanddrainage, and then...
then incisionanddrainage should be done along with avulsion of the cyst wall with proper antibiotics coverage. An approach involving incision, rather...
non-resolving cases, surgical incisionanddrainage may be required. To prevent recurrence following surgical drainage, a drain may be left at the surgical...