Pili Multigemini Is a Possible Risk Factor for Pilonidal Sinus Disease

Pilonidal sinus disease and tuberculosis.

Pilonidal disease is a disease of young people, usually men, which can result in an abscess, draining sinus tracts, and moderate debility for some. It probably results from hair penetration beneath the skin, for reasons that are not totally clear. A pilonidal sinus in the sacrococcygeal region is associated with recurrent infection, abscess formation, cellulitis, and fistulae. The infection is ...

Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) is a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease

Limberg flap treatment results in pilonidal sinus disease

Introduction: Pilonidal sinus disease is a chronic disease of sacrococcygeal region which is caused due to growth on hair in intergluteal region causing foreign body reaction and abscess formation. Different procedures are used to treat this condition surgically, which have their own complications, and recurrence rate. Rhomboid excision with Limberg flap is a method with minimal complicat...

[Umbilical pilonidal sinus as a possible complication of depilation].

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A comparison of two operations for pilonidal sinus disease

Background: Postoperative wound complications have always been the main cause of concern followed by the risk of recurrence, in the surgical treatment of the pilonidal sinus disease. Various techniques evolved so far mainly aimed at solving these problems. This clinical study compares the results obtained through random allocation of patients between those subjected to, a) using the excision an...