title: Use of the rhomboid flap in pilonidal sinus.
abstract: Our experiences with transposed rhomboid flaps in the treatment of pilonidal disease are described. Results show that primary healing occurred in all twenty patients in our series, with a maximum inpatient hospital stay of four days. A single recurrent sinus has occurred during a follow-up time of eighteen months.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014945:Wound Healing