Treatment of pilonidal disease using the Bascom 'Cleft-Lift' procedure.
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Introduction Treating pilonidal disease can be an unrewarding and frustrating experience for a general surgeon. It is not unusual for a busy surgeon to have several young people coming to the office each week for wound evaluations and dressing changes for failed surgical treatment of pilonidal disease, or for treatment of intentionally created open wounds. These patients are uniformly unhappy, and the situation is frustrating and stressful for the patient, the office staff, and the surgeon.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The American surgeon
دوره 80 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014