TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Incision and Drainage A1 - Manthey, David E. A2 - Sherman, Scott C. A2 - Weber, Joseph M. A2 - Schindlbeck, Michael A. A2 - Rahul G., Patwari Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Clinical Emergency Medicine AB - Incision and drainage is the procedure of choice for subcutaneous abscesses.Antibiotics are not necessary unless there is associated cellulitis.Abscesses should be probed with curved hemostats to break up loculations and identify deeper tracks.Local anesthesia may be difficult and require additional field block, parenteral analgesics, or sedation. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101222927 ER -