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Evaluation of Non-Surgical Treatment of Breast Abscess

RecruitingN/A

Sponsor: Sohag University

Conditions: Breast Abscess

Interventions: Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration and antibiotics

Countries: Egypt

Breast abscess is a localized suppurative complication of breast infection commonly managed by ultrasound-guided needle aspiration combined with antibiotic therapy. This prospective observational study aims to evaluate the clinical outcomes and prognostic factors associated with successful non-surgical management versus treatment failure requiring surgical intervention in adult female patients with lactational and non-lactational breast abscesses.

Eligibility overview

Sex: FEMALE

Age: 18 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: OBSERVATIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult female patients diagnosed with lactational and non-lactational breast abscesses on clinical and sonographic grounds.
* Patients undergoing initial non-surgical treatment in the form of ultrasound-guided aspiration/re-aspiration with or without catheter drainage plus systemic antibiotics.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Suspicion of inflammatory breast cancer or underlying breast malignancy.
* Frank skin necrosis, thinning, or ruptured abscess overlying the affected breast.
* Patients with breast implants in situ on the affected side.
* History of breast surgery within 90 days of presentation.
* Chronic or recurrent breast abscesses.

Locations (1)

Sohag, Egypt