[Silver electrophoresis in the treatment of lactation mastitis]

The results of treatment of 476 patients with lactation mastitis (infiltrative, with abscess formation, phlegmonous) are discussed. The patients were treated by intra-tissue or intracavitary silver electrophoresis and by the commonly applied methods (control group). Treatment by silver electrophoresis alone and, in cases of an abscess cavity, with addition of drip-flow lavage with silver electrolyte improved the results considerably and reduced the term of in-patient treatment to one half as compared to the control group of patients.