Primary vs secondary closure of cutaneous abscesses after incision and drainage in diabetic patients - A comparative study

Traditionally cutaneous abscesses have been treated with incision and drainage (i&d) and left to heal by secondary closure. the other way of treating an abscess is incision and drainage followed by packing or primary closure. in the current study when individuals of group a and group b were studied regarding percentage of abscess healing and postoperative complications the results were significant< 0.05. the percentage levels of abscess healing and postoperative complications after i&d were (70.24±29.66),(55.10±44.99) and (28.90±1.10),(43.25±1.74) in individuals with secondary and primary closure respectively. relatively the fasting serum glucose levels of individuals in both group a and group b were (130.32±20.24) and (136.34±20.34). the results of this study were significant< 0.05 and it has concluded that tradition way of treatment is better than packing or primary closure.