Conventional techniques for treatment of breast abscess, such as incision and drainage/percutaneous drainage, have disadvantages. Bedside Mini-Incision and Self-Express (MISE) is a novel technique for breast abscess. The outcomes of MISE were compared to the conventional techniques.

outcomes such as recovery time, duration of antibiotics use etc will be compared between the various groups of intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a pathologically confirmed breast abscess and
• presenting at KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore

Exclusion Criteria: Patients with:

• mastitis
• granulomatous mastitis
• breast fillers with infection
• ruptured abscess prior to intervention
• other interventions or bilateral breast infection

Breast abscess in females

females with breast abscess