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Drainage, Bartholin Abscess: Multimedia

Author: Gil Z Shlamovitz, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Windham Community Memorial Hospital, Willimantic, CT; Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
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Updated: May 21, 2009

Multimedia

Word catheter.
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Media file 1: Word catheter.
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Word catheter.

Word catheter.

Word catheter with inflated balloon.
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Word catheter with inflated balloon.

Word catheter with inflated balloon.

Bartholin abscess.
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Bartholin abscess.

Bartholin abscess.

Skin preparation.
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Skin preparation.

Skin preparation.

Mucosal infiltration with lidocaine.
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Mucosal infiltration with lidocaine.

Mucosal infiltration with lidocaine.

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Mucosal infiltration with lidocaine.

Mucosal infiltration with lidocaine.

Needle aspiration.
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Needle aspiration.

Needle aspiration.

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Needle aspiration.

Needle aspiration.

Incision of Bartholin abscess.
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Incision of Bartholin abscess.

Incision of Bartholin abscess.

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Incision of Bartholin abscess.

Incision of Bartholin abscess.

Normal saline (0.9% NaCl).
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Normal saline (0.9% NaCl).

Normal saline (0.9% NaCl).

Drainage of a Bartholin abscess.
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Drainage of a Bartholin abscess.

Drainage of a Bartholin abscess.

Insertion of a Word catheter.
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Insertion of a Word catheter.

Insertion of a Word catheter.

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Inflation of a Word catheter.

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Insertion and inflation of a Word catheter.

Word catheter in place.
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Word catheter in place.

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References
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References

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Keywords

Bartholin abscess, Bartholin's gland, abscess, abscesses, abscess treatment, Bartholin cyst, Word catheter, Bartholin gland drainage, Bartholin gland swelling, incision and drainage, abscess drainage, cyst drainage, Bartholin gland, cyst treatment, vulvar cyst, vulvar abscess, vulva abscess

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Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Gil Z Shlamovitz, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Windham Community Memorial Hospital, Willimantic, CT; Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
Gil Z Shlamovitz, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine and American College of Emergency Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Andrew K Chang, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
Andrew K Chang, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

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Mary L Windle, PharmD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
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Managing Editor

Luis M Lovato, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Director of Critical Care, Department of Emergency Medicine, Olive View/UCLA Medical Center
Luis M Lovato, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

CME Editor

Rick Kulkarni, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Rick Kulkarni, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, American Medical Informatics Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Chief Editor

Jonathan Adler, MD, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jonathan Adler, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

 
 
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