Table 4 Description of management for breast abscess
From: ‘I don’t want to be a guinea pig’ - Swedish women’s experiences of breast abscess treatment
Participants (N = 18) | |
|---|---|
n | |
Place of treatment | |
Breastfeeding university hospital centre | 11 |
Different emergency units | 7 |
Management of absess | |
Pig-tail drainage only | 8 |
Needle aspiration only | 6 |
Needle aspiration and Pig-tail drainage (for two different abscesses) | 1 |
Needle aspiration and drainage tube | 1 |
Incision under general anaesthetic for placement of drainage tube | 1 |
Rupture (one previous beast abscess) | 1 |
Antibiotics prescribed | 9 |