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How To Treat Infected Bartholin Cyst With Some Protruding Tissue Growth Inside The Incision?

Hello, my wife just had a bartholin cyst that had become infected and formed an abscess lanced by a local urgent care doc yesterday. We are keeping up the sitz baths and dressing the wound, appears to be draining well even though the catheter fell out. But we've noticed that some flesh from inside the incision is protruding. How should we proceed? Can my wife try to push it back in through the incision?
Sat, 25 Jan 2014
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Hi and thank you so much for trusting us with your health queries.

I am so sorry to hear about this infection that your wife has. The treatment of bartholin's cys/abscess it surgical. Here it is opened and allowed to heal by growing new granulation tissue to fill and obliterate the cavity. if this is not the case, then the infection would most likely return in future. There is no point in pushing a granulating flesh back as this is the exact way we would like a cyst to heal. Simply continue with the sitz baths and follow up with the next appointment as planned.

Thanks for using our services and do feel free to ask for clarifications if need be. I wish your wife a speedy recovery.
Dr. Ditah, MD.
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How To Treat Infected Bartholin Cyst With Some Protruding Tissue Growth Inside The Incision?

Hi and thank you so much for trusting us with your health queries. I am so sorry to hear about this infection that your wife has. The treatment of bartholin s cys/abscess it surgical. Here it is opened and allowed to heal by growing new granulation tissue to fill and obliterate the cavity. if this is not the case, then the infection would most likely return in future. There is no point in pushing a granulating flesh back as this is the exact way we would like a cyst to heal. Simply continue with the sitz baths and follow up with the next appointment as planned. Thanks for using our services and do feel free to ask for clarifications if need be. I wish your wife a speedy recovery. Dr. Ditah, MD.