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EASY AND SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF PILONIDAL SINUS AFTER EXPLANATION OF ITS CAUSATIVE PROCESS
Article first published online: 21 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1992.tb07208.x
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Karydakis, G. E. (1992), EASY AND SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF PILONIDAL SINUS AFTER EXPLANATION OF ITS CAUSATIVE PROCESS. Aust. N.Z. J. Surg., 62: 385–389. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1992.tb07208.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 21 JAN 2008
- Article first published online: 21 JAN 2008
- Accepted for publication 8 August 1991.
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Keywords:
- hair insertion;
- hair insertion process;
- pilonidal sinus
Hair insertion causes pilonidal sinus, it prevents spontaneous recovery, delays healing of any wound in the depth of the natal cleft, and is the cause of recurrence. An understanding of the hair insertion process made it possible to avoid hair insertion in 6545 cases of the condition with the use of the advancing flap operation. Results have proved this to be an easy and successful way of treating and preventing recurrence of pilonidal sinus. Furthermore, that understanding has introduced the possibility of preventing pilonidal sinus, through ways simpler than the simplest operation.