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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Surgery
The surgery may be as simple and minimally invasive as a biopsy or more extreme where infected areas are surgically removed.
Common surgeries performed on patients with MRSA infection are:
- Incision and drainage – this is done when antibiotics alone can’t treat the infection. It is a surgical procedure that opens the wound, bone, or organ so that it can be drained. lancing is usually indicated once the abscess has developed from a harder serous inflammation to a softer pus stage.
- Surgery - when incision and drainage and antibiotics are not effective, the infected and damaged area may be removed with surgery.
- Amputation - performed when the patient has associated systemic diseases like diabetes and the infection is very severe.