pilonidal disease affects mostly young men during work and educating years and bears a host of complications. after excision of the pilonidal sinus, some surgeons leave the wound open (secondary healing) and others close the wound primarily. the aim of this study is to compare mean duration of stay, length of operative procedure, length of time to return to work, wound infection rate, recurrenc...

Pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) is a common chronic, benign disease of young adulthood. Pilonidal disease is an infection under the skin in the gluteal cleft. Pilonidal literally means a „„nest of hair”. Known risk factors include family history, local trauma, sedentary occupation, and obesity. Pilonidal sinus disease is a blind track, which extends from the skin of natal cleft up to the presacra...

BACKGROUND Pilonidal sinus disease has been treated for a long time with conventional open excision technique. The rhomboid flap of Limberg is a transposition flap that has been pleaded for treatment of this condition. METHODS We present our experience with the Limberg technique for both primary and recurrent pilonidal sinuses. One hundred and ten patients, with pilonidal sinus disease were t...

In this study, we probed whether chronic infections of skin such as pilonidal sinus could be a potential site of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) replication. Pilonidal sinus is associated with a high recurrence rate. Therefore, we decided to determine the role of EBV's presence to explain whether it is correlated with the recurrence of pilonidal sinuses. This study was conducted on 36 patient samples ...

Introduction: Pilonidal sinus is a chronic inflammatory condition which includes penetration of hair fragments into the skin. It rarely occurs in areas other than sacrococcygeal region. Case Report: A 19-year-old male presented with pilonidal sinus of the posterior part left temporal area of the scalp for one year duration treated by complete excision and primary repair. Conclusion: Although ex...

Hair insertion causes pilonidal sinus, it prevents spontaneous recovery, delays healing of any wound in the depth of the natal cleft, and is the cause of recurrence. An understanding of the hair insertion process made it possible to avoid hair insertion in 6545 cases of the condition with the use of the advancing flap operation. Results have proved this to be an easy and successful way of treat...

OBJECTIVE To study the comparison between the primary closure and open technique after excision of chronic sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus. METHODS A randomized study was designed and 77 patients with chronic sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus were included in this study. This study took place in Rizgary Teaching Hospital, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq, from January 1997 to August 2003. The patients were...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pilonidal sinus is a common problem in the sacrococcygeal region, especially in obese, sedentary young men. The ideal surgical solution is still under debate, and there is a high rate of recurrence. In the present study, we analyzed the long-term results of a video-assisted minimally invasive technique for the treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease: endoscopic p...