Felon. A. Lateral view of the digit showing fluctuance between the skin of the pad and the underlying distal phalanx bone. B. The authors prefer to drain felons with a longitudinal incision (dashed line) directly over the area of maximal fluctuance. Source: Surgery of the Hand and Wrist, Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 10e Citation: Brunicardi F, Andersen DK, Billiar TR, Dunn DL, Hunter JG, Matthews JB, Pollock RE. Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 10e; 2014 Available at: http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/DownloadImage.aspx?image=/data/books/980/bru_ch44_f021ab.png&sec=100405696&BookID=980&ChapterSecID=59610886&imagename= Accessed: October 13, 2017 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved