PURPOSE Sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease is a source of one of the most common surgical problems among young adults. While male gender, obesity, occupations requiring sitting, deep natal clefts, excessive body hair, poor body hygiene and excessive sweating are described as the main risk factors for this disease, most of these need to be verified with a clinical trial. The present study aimed to...

Pilonidal sinus is usually present in the sacrococcygeal region. The common presentations are cellulitis, abscess or sinus. Rarely malignant change may be seen in chronic pilonidal sinus. We report a case of chronic pilonidal sinus complicated with squamous cell carcinoma.

PURPOSE To present a 10-step approach to the assessment and treatment of pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) and related wounds based on the Harris protocol, expert opinion, and a current literature review. TARGET AUDIENCE This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care. OBJECTIVES After participating in this educational activity, t...

BACKGROUND Pilonidal sinus disease is a common disease of young adults, which most frequently occurs in the sacrococcygeal region on the skin's midline. Various procedures, ranging from simple incision and curettage to complex flaps for natal cleft obliteration, have been described in the literature. MATERIAL/METHODS We aimed to present the dermographic characters, post-operative complication...

PURPOSE Controversy still exists regarding the best surgical technique for the treatment of pilonidal disease in terms of minimizing disease recurrence and patient discomfort. The present study analyzes the results of excision with primary closure and excision with flap reconstruction in the surgical treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease. METHODS From January 2003 to January 2006, 60 ...

Malignancy arising in a pilonidal sinus is extremely uncommon. In a series of 86,333 pilonidal sinuses treated in the American Armed Forces in the Second World War no malignancies were encountered (Denning et al., 1954). Thirty-four tumours arising in association with pilonidal sinuses have been reported; 29 of these were squamous cell carcinomas and 2 were mixed basal and squamous cell carcino...

Background: Postoperative wound complications have always been the main cause of concern followed by the risk of recurrence, in the surgical treatment of the pilonidal sinus disease. Various techniques evolved so far mainly aimed at solving these problems. This clinical study compares the results obtained through random allocation of patients between those subjected to, a) using the excision an...