Table 2.

Surgical management of cutaneous abscesses (total responses (percentage)).

Response	Skin and soft tissue abscesses that need drainage:
	are treated under a general anaesthetic	require overnight admission	are not drained on the same day due to lack of resources	are incised with a linear incision?	are incised with an elliptical incision?	are incised with a cruciate incision?	are incised at their most fluctuant point?	are incised at their most dependent point?
Always	1 (1.64%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	3 (4.92%)	5 (8.20%)	0 (0.00%)	18 (29.51%)	5 (8.20%)
Usually	41 (67.21%)	8 (13.11%)	16 (26.23%)	17 (27.87%)	17 (27.87%)	4 (6.56%)	41 (67.21%)	13 (21.31%)
Sometimes	18 (29.51%)	24 (39.34%)	34 (55.74%)	20 (32.79%)	26 (42.62%)	23 (37.70%)	2 (3.28%)	32 (52.46%)
Rarely	1 (1.64%)	29 (47.54%)	10 (16.39%)	13 (21.31%)	12 (19.67%)	14 (22.95%)	0 (0.00%)	10 (16.39%)
Never	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	1 (1.64%)	8 (13.11%)	1 (1.64%)	20 (32.79%)	0 (0.00%)	1 (1.64%)
No response	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)