A new technique for treatment of pilonidal sinus.
Twenty-seven patients with chronic pilonidal sinus were treated by a new adopted technique. It was found to be simple, time-saving and to minimize the postoperative morbidity and hospital stay. Results of this new technique were compared with those of other excisional methods in the literature and were found to be superior to them with a shorter hospital stay. The new technique also preserves the internatal cleft, which is valuable in restoring the normal configuration of the breech. Six-year follow-up revealed no recurrences.
D000328:Adult; D002081:Buttocks / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing