title: Treatment of pilonidal sinus disease with the Z-plasty procedure (modified).
abstract: This article points out the significance of the internatal cleft for the formation of pilonidal sinus. Elimination of the internatal cleft by means of Z-plasty carries the smallest recurrence rate. The author, in an attempt to eliminate this small recurrence rate, applied a modified Z-plasty which is described in the present communication, and which was successfully applied in a series of cases of pilonidal sinus.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*