[Surgical treatment of carbuncles]

In the treatment of extensive and progressing forms of carbuncles in the phase of purulent-necrotic inflammation the method of choice should be the operation of dissection within the limits of healthy tissues. When it is possible to approximate the wound borders after dissection of carbuncles, it is expedient to finish the operation by putting in primary stitches, when it is not possible, free skin autoplasty should be performed.