Practicals · Emergency Medicine · Wound management
Incision and drainage of abscess
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- 20 (NMC); 5 (DNB, combined)
Videos and resources
- VideoIncision and Drainage of Cutaneous Abscesses3:17
- VideoIncision and drainage / hiltons method of abscess drainage19:16
- +66 more links
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Operative note template
How to write the operative note in the case sheet: blank template, worked example and printable PDF (free).
Where the curriculum asks for it
“Incision and drainage of abscess (20)” ( NMC curriculum, page 14)
“Incision and drainage of abscess, hematoma, furuncle and hemorrhoid-5” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 10)