A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Excision and Healing by Secondary Intention versus Rhomboid Excision and Limberg Flap Closure in the Treatment of Primary Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus

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22

Abstract

Background: Surgery is the only treatment for symptomatic saccrococcygeal pilonidal sinus.Various surgical techniques are described in literature; yet, the ideal technique is still controversial because of the high recurrence rate that is associated with the majority of the techniques. Aim of the work:To evaluate Limberg flap closure for the treatment of primary pilonidal sinus by comparing its op...

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Keywords

Medicine

Surgery

Sinus (botany)

Randomized controlled trial

Rhomboid

Prospective cohort study

Wound healing

Biochemistry

Botany

Enzyme

Biology

Genus

Proteases

Chemistry

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Good health and well-being

2018

Article

Open Access

Institution

Department of General Surgery, Ain Shams University, Egypt

2-Y Citation Average

0.241

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21608/asjs.2018.178220

Language

en

Country

Egypt

A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Excision and Healing by Secondary Intention versus Rhomboid Excision and Limberg Flap Closure in the Treatment of Primary Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus

Ain Shams Journal of Surgery

Dina Hany, Mohamed M.E. Ibrahim

References:

22

Abstract

Background: Surgery is the only treatment for symptomatic saccrococcygeal pilonidal sinus.Various surgical techniques are described in literature; yet, the ideal technique is still controversial because of the high recurrence rate that is associated with the majority of the techniques. Aim of the work:To evaluate Limberg flap closure for the treatment of primary pilonidal sinus by comparing its op...