Follicular occlusion tetrad is a condition including hidradenit is suppurativa, acne conglobata, dissecting cellulitis of scalp and pilonidal sinus. The exact pathogenesis of this group of disease is unknown but evidence suggests that they share the same pathological process ini t iated by fol l icular occlusion. Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an uncommon disease affecting the axillae and ano...

Objective: Several surgical techniques are being performed in the treatment of pilonidal sinus disease; however there is no single agreed technique that could be used in all patients. In this study we compared the results of the patients on which we implemented Karydakis Technique and Limberg flap procedure, the two most common techniques and tried to find the better operative modality. Methodo...

HYPOTHESIS We state that our personal method constitued by excision and primary closure in the treatment of pilonidal sinus, is able to obtain a low rate of recurrence and a fast return to work. PATIENTS AND METHODS Our report has been conducted on 315 patients. Excision and primary closure in the treatment of pilonidal sinus by local-regional anesthesia. The patients have been discharged on ...

THERE are three aspects to the problem of pilonidal sinus: the aetiology, the natural history, and the treatment. This paper is concerned with the last of these, and with the details of our experience with the management of 33 patients using a new method of treatment. Five of these patients were admitted to hospital; 3 for four days and 2 for one day. The rest were treated with purely out-patie...

Purpose We aimed to compare skin closure techniques, standard (intermittent mattress) and continuous subcuticular sutures, following Limberg flap procedure. Methods From July 2013 to July 2015, 92 patients with sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease were prospectively randomized into 2 groups consisting of 46 patients for both. Patients underwent sinus excision and closure with Limberg flap; contin...

Objective: The debate about the etiology of Pilonidal Sinus Disease (PSD) continues over whether disease is congenital or acquired. After determining etiologic factora, new pilonidal sinus treatment methods have been developed. Method: 6-month follow-up results patients who were treated with crystallized phenol (CF) application diagnosis PSD between March 2020 and August in Pediatric Surgery Cl...

INTRODUCTION Pilonidal sinus is a common infectious process which occurs in buttocks and sacral area which involves a wide range of symptoms that are different from an asymptomatic sinus abscess to acute and chronic sinus track. Basically non-surgical treatment for this disease is not recommended. In this study, we have been compared two methods of primary repair and rotation flap in terms of f...

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