title: Definitive management of acute pilonidal abscess by loop diathermy excision.
abstract: A simple technique of definitive management of acute pilonidal abscess is described. The procedure consists of incision with drainage of pus followed by controlled excision of diseased tissue and lateral sinuses, using a loop diathermy. It allows one-stage definitive management of both acute pilonidal abscess and chronic pilonidal sinuses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery B, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shpitz
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kantarovsky
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dinbar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000601:surgery*