title: Novel Approaches in Pilonidal Sinus Treatment.
abstract: Pilonidal sinus is a very common inflammatory disease of the gluteal region. The ideal method of pilonidal sinus treatment should have a low recurrence rate with minimum excision. Moreover, the treatment method should have a short hospitalization time, should let the patient return to his normal life rapidly, should cause minimum loss of labour and should result a small scar only. In the presented review, modalities in pilonidal sinus treatment in the light of current information in the literature are evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey. kararda@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Arda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Isik
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oguz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Idiz
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sevket Yılmaz Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Firat
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions
keywords: Pilonidal sinus; Recurrence; Surgery; Treatment