comparison of pilonidal sinus surgery using primary repair with advanced flap and secondary improvement

Comparison of Two Surgical Methods, Primary Closure and Rotational Flap, in Patients With Chronic Pilonidal Sinus

INTRODUCTION Pilonidal sinus is a common infectious process which occurs in buttocks and sacral area which involves a wide range of symptoms that are different from an asymptomatic sinus abscess to acute and chronic sinus track. Basically non-surgical treatment for this disease is not recommended. In this study, we have been compared two methods of primary repair and rotation flap in terms of f...

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...

Comparison of early surgery (unroofing-curettage) and elective surgery (Karydakis flap technique) in pilonidal sinus abscess cases.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness and success of early (acute) period local surgical intervention (unroofing-curettage) followed by dressing and secondary healing with the surgery performed in elective conditions (pilonidal sinus excision and Karydakis flap) following conventional abscess treatment (drainage-antibiotic therapy) in pilonidal sinus abscess cases. ...

Comparison of Karydakis technique with Limberg Flap Procedure in Pilonidal Sinus Disease: Advantages of Karydakis technique

Objective: Several surgical techniques are being performed in the treatment of pilonidal sinus disease; however there is no single agreed technique that could be used in all patients. In this study we compared the results of the patients on which we implemented Karydakis Technique and Limberg flap procedure, the two most common techniques and tried to find the better operative modality. Methodo...

Effective and minimally painful surgery of pilonidal sinus - asymmetric transposition flap according to Dufourmentel.

Introduction A pilonidal sinus or sinus pilonidalus (pilus = hair, nidus = nest) is an acute or chronic inflammation in subcutaneous fat tissue, usually in the coccygeal region. The first report was by Mayo in 1833. The disease affects predominantly young men in the 2nd and 3rd decade of life with an incidence of 26 per 100 000 population, with men affected 3x more frequently than women. Piloni...

Free graft repair in pilonidal sinus.