Treatment of pilonidal disease in short-stay surgery: personal method.
OBJECTIVE
We state that our personal method constitued by excision and primary closure in the treatment of pilonidal sinus, is able to obtain a low rate of recurrence and a fast return to work.


METHODS
Our report has been conducted on 315 patients. Excision and primary closure in the treatment of pilonidal sinus by local-regional anesthesia. The patients have been discharged on second day.


RESULTS
We have not had intraoperative complication; about morbilità there have been 4% of seromas treated conservatively.


CONCLUSIONS
With this personal method we have obtained very good results, in short and long time, with less of recurrences and fast return to work.
Ciccolo
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U.O. Anorectal Pathology, Department of Surgery Sciences, Policlinico G. Martino, University of Messina. aciccolo@unime.it
Rossitto
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M
Panacea
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D
Manfrè
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A
Buonamonte
S
S
Ardizzone
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A
D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods