z-pla sty for treatment of the residual cavity after p ilonidal sinus excision

Authors

a behdad from the department of surgery, al-zahra hospital, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, i.r. iran.

m hosseinpoor

abstract

in order to evaluate the outcome and complications of z plasty in pilonidal cyst repair, 90 patients with pilonidal cysts of the natal cleft were selected and repaired by z-plasty in al-zahra hospital. the patients were followed for 6 months and complications such as seroma, infection and relapse were evaluated. the incidence of seroma, infection and relapse after z-plasty was 12%,3.3% and 3.6%, respectively. these results show that z-plasty is an effective form of operation for pilonidal cyst treatment.

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medical journal of islamic republic of iran

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