Treatment of non-lactation suppurative mastitis
Abdulzhavadov, I.M.
Khirurgiia 6: 42-45
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-1207 PMID: 2779122 Document Number: 330257
The author analyses the case records of 238 patients who were treated at the clinic for nonpuerperal mastitis during a period of 10 years. Concomitant diseases were encountered in 31.7% and trauma of the breast in 14.1% of patients. Staphylococcus was the main causative agent (in 85%) of nonpuerperal mastitis. Surgical operation was the method of choice in the treatment of this form of mastitis; it was undertaken in 237 of the 238 patients. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of making sparing incisions which ensure good immediate results and the best cosmetic effect.