BACKGROUND Pilonidal disease is a chronic disease of the natal cleft. Recurrent follicular infection is the causative factor. Surgical treatment has a significant failure rate, and recurrence is common. Laser removal of hair in the natal cleft could be an alternative to surgery. OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of laser hair removal in the natal cleft on pilonidal disease. METHODS S...

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 ...

Background Squamous-cell carcinoma arising in a pilonidal sinus is a rare complication of a common disease. More than 60 cases are reported in literature. In all patients, squamous carcinoma arises in a long-term pilonidal disease. The gold-standard for treatment is radical excision of the neoplasm, with tumour-free margins. Some Authors consider the effectiveness of postoperative chemoor radio...

Introduction Treating pilonidal disease can be an unrewarding and frustrating experience for a general surgeon. It is not unusual for a busy surgeon to have several young people coming to the office each week for wound evaluations and dressing changes for failed surgical treatment of pilonidal disease, or for treatment of intentionally created open wounds. These patients are uniformly unhappy, ...

BACKGROUND Pilonidal disease is a common debilitating condition. This prospective randomised study compared excision of pilonidal disease with a scalpel or diathermy with respect to operation time, postoperative pain, functional recovery and wound healing. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients undergoing surgery for pilonidal disease were randomised to excision by scalpel (group 1) or diathermy (grou...

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...

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...

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a rare complication observed mainly in chronic, recurrent and untreated primary pilonidal disease. It is associated with poor prognosis, and its recurrence rate after surgery is high. Here we present a patient diagnosed with SCC arising from a neglected pilonidal sinus. A 44-year-old male, who is a heavy truck driver, applied to the hospital with chronic dischar...

Pilonidal sinus is considered as a simple and frequently occurring disease localized at the sacrococcygeal area. However, at the intergluteal region, it can often turn into a chronic and complicated disease. In some cases, it can fistulize up to the gluteal region and appear at the secondary orifices. Minimally invasive surgical techniques are becoming widespread in recent years due to the incr...

Pilonidal sinus is an acquired and well described disease which is mostly located in sacrococcygeal midline region, lined by squamous epithelium and characterized by chronic inflammation including foreign body giant cells and sinus or sinuses containing epithelial debris and sometimes young granulation tissue. A malignant transformation can be seen in 0.1% of chronic or recurrent pilonidal sinu...