title: Treatment of pilonidal sinuses by phenol injections.
abstract: Six female and 39 male outpatients, who suffered from acutely inflamed pilonidal sinus were treated by sclerotherapy between January 1985 and December 1988. Under local anaesthesia, 1-2 ml 80% phenol was injected into the sinus. The phenol, which was allowed to act for a minute, was washed out by irrigating the sinus with physiological common-salt solution. Of the questionnaire sent to all 45 patients, 37 proved suitable for evaluation. Complete healing occurred in 22 cases (59.8%). The healing time was 6.2 weeks on average. Besides a rather frequently observed transient reddening as a result of the local inflammation caused by the phenol, 5 patients developed an abcess which needed operative treatment. This study does not support the encouraging results of previous series.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Clinic, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thaler
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Köckerling
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D019800:Phenol; D010636:Phenols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D015911:Sclerotherapy
chemical_list: D010636:Phenols; D019800:Phenol