Controlled observation on cauterization with electric pyropuncture needle for treatment of body surface abscess
Hu, C.-x.; Jiao, H.-r.; Li, Y.-p.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu 28(1): 33-36
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0255-2930 PMID: 18257186 Document Number: 617166
To probe and systematize the ancient cauterization with pyropuncture needle for evacuation of pus. One hundred and eight cases of body surface abscess were randomly divided into 2 groups. The cauterization group (n=84) were treated by drainage with electric cauterization and the incision group (n=24) by drainage with incision. Clinical therapeutic effect, the healing time and the scar area of the wound were compared between the two groups. All of the patients in the two groups were effective with a similar therapeutic effect (P > 0.05); the cauterization group in the healing time and the scar area of the wound was superior to the incision group (P < 0.05). Electric cauterization for evacuation of pus has advantages of rapid healing and small scar area of wound.