Fire Needle Combined Therapy or Surgery for Neck Carbuncle? A Case Series

    December 2022 in “ Infection and Drug Resistance
    Zhaoyang Liu, Jingjing Wei, Zhiqiang Cao, Xia Zhu, Chunhong Zhang
    Studysummary In this study, four cases of neck carbuncle were treated, revealing that fire needle therapy combined with topical drugs offers less trauma, smaller scars, and faster recovery compared to surgery in early stages, but surgical debridement is essential for more advanced cases.
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