The best treatment for any abscess or collection of pus is to drain the same with a liberal incision with dependent drainage. Once an abscess reaches the stage of collection of purulent material ...

For short term relief in one area, an incision and drainage procedure can be performed in a doctor's office with local anesthetic. Another form of minor surgery is called punch debridement ...

The average age was 52.8 years. All patients underwent at least one surgical procedure that involved an extraoral incision and drainage as well as high volume irrigation intraoperatively.