[A method for creating an experimental model of abscess].

A technique of 7-day formation of an intramuscular abscess which is clinically and morphologically similar to that frequently encountered in clinical practice has been tried on 39 rabbits. The standard model proposed involves the following stages: trauma of the spinal erector 2.5-3 cm to the right or to the left from the midline between the second and fourth lumbar vertebra which is produced by a lumbar puncture under either anesthesia with a pulp extractor brought into the muscle up to 1.5 cm and rotating at an angle of 45 degrees; 24 h after the puncture the skin at its site is to be dissected involving subcutaneous fat, superficial and lumbar fasciae, the incision being 1.4-1.6 cm long and parallel to the body axis. The operation is terminated with an introduction of ribbon gauze (10-12 mm in diameter) previously saturated with 24 h suspension culture of staphylococcus (10 ml, concentration of the microorganisms 1.5.10(6] into a pocket made by the clamp tip in the muscle's depth (1.3-1.6 cm) with the help of the handles which produced the opening of 1.2 cm wide. The endpoint is the wound tight layer-by-layer suture.