title: Pilonidal disease: 25 cases treated by the Dufourmentel technique.
abstract: Twenty-five patients with pilonidal disease were treated by the Dufourmentel technique between 1984 and 1989. In this series, 18 patients (72 percent) were women and 7 (28 percent) were men (mean age, 24 years); hospital stay averaged 4 days. There were no recurrences and no reports of surgical wound infection. Diagnosis was confirmed histologically in all cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manterola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barroso
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Araya
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fonseca
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods; D014945:Wound Healing