Purulent Skin and Soft Tissue Infections, Challenging the Practice of Incision and Drainage: A Scoping Review

Table 3

PCC outcomes.

PCC elements	Definitions
POPULATION	Human participants between the ages of 0–100 with an acute, simple, skin, or soft tissue abscess
CONCEPT	(i) Simple purulent skin and soft tissue infections
	(ii) The incision and drainage surgical intervention and alternative interventional management practices
	(iii) All study methodologies and methods to be considered
	(iv) Empirical treatment outcomes, infection, pain, aesthetics, quality of life, holistic experience
CONTEXT	(i) Nonspecific to region, gender, ethnicity, religion, culture, or sexual orientation
	(ii) English language
	(iii) Hospital and community setting
	(iv) Interventional/surgical management