Clinical Trial: Packing Versus no Packing for Cutaneous Abscess

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Is Routine Packing of Cutaneous Abscesses Necessary?

Brief Summary: The goal of this study is to examine patients undergoing incision and drainage of cutaneous abscesses to determine if routine packing of the abscess cavity affects the need for further interventions such as repeat incision and drainage, antibiotic administration or hospital admission.