Prague Med. Rep. 2016, 117, 145-152

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2016.15

Novel Approaches in Pilonidal Sinus Treatment

Arda Isik1, Oguz Idiz2, Deniz Firat3

1Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey
2Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
3Department of General Surgery, Sevket Yılmaz Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey

Received June 14, 2016
Accepted November 14, 2016

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.

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