Features of the surgical treatment of lactational mastitis (literature review) 

Elena G. Feoktistova, Candidate of medical sciences, associate professor of the sub-department of surgery, Medical Institute, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), E-mail: Eyutkina@bk.ru
Natal'ya N. Mitrofanova, Senior lecturer of the sub-department of microbiology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, Medical Institute, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), E-mail: meidpgumi@yandex.ru
Ekaterina S. Orlova, Student, Medical Institute, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), E-mail: orlova123m@yandex.ru 

617-089 

10.21685/2072-3032-2021-1-7 

Surgical treatment of lactational mastitis is one of the most pressing issues of modern medicine, because some aspects of surgical intervention and effective treatment of postpartum mastitis remain controversial. For example, the use of minimally invasive methods of surgical treatment of various forms of lactational mastitis, the possibility of continuing breastfeeding, effective antibiotic therapy, etc. We analyzed Russian and Foreign literature devoted to key issues of surgical treatment of lactational mastitis. The article presents various points of view devoted to traditional methods of instrumental diagnostics, peculiarities of etiology, pathogenesis, and clinic of lactational mastitis. Separately, the main problems of breastfeeding in lactational mastitis and hardware methods of sanitation of the purulent cavity are considered. Special attention is paid to minimally invasive methods of treatment of postpartum mastitis. 

surgical treatment, hardware methods, breastfeeding, purulent-septic complications, postpartum mastitis 

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