Gluteal fasciaplasty as a method of primary closure in the treatment of pilonidal sinus.
Between 1968 and 1973 55 patients with a pilonidal sinus were treated by the gluteal fascial method. Thirty-two patients could be investigated in a follow-up study. Eight recurrences were observed. The author concludes that in his department (in a large training clinic) this method proved unsatisfactory.
D000328:Adult; D000071938:Fasciotomy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000601:surgery*