The best treatment for any abscess or collection of pus is to drain the same with a liberal incision with dependent drainage.

WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of a peritonsillar abscess, a potentially dangerous infection that forms next to the tonsils.

For the first time, endoscopic drainage was performed in Mumbai in a HIV-positive patient who had developed liver abscess due to fungal infection.

Percutaneous lumbar discectomy (PLD) combined with external drainage (ED) is a new technique for the treatment of intervertebral disc infection with epidural abscess. To discuss the feasibility, ...

In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper—aka, dermatologist and TLC host Dr. Sandra Lee, MD—squeezes a rock-like growth, known as a sialothiasis, from a patient's lip.

Dr. Pimple Popper cut open and squeezed what looked like an abscess above a patients lip, only to eject a little river rock. The growth is probably a salivary duct stone, which is like a kidney ...