The effect of different surgical methods on complications and on the quality of life in pilonidal sinus disease

Caglayan K., Gungor B. B., Cinar H., Topgul K., Kesicioglu T., Polat C., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, vol.27, no.2, pp.94-97, 2011 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.5097/1300-0705.ucd.950-11.03
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.94-97
  • Keywords: Pilonidal sinus, excision, Limberg flap, complications, patient satisfaction
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: Pilonidal sinus, especially seen in young men, is known to be a distressed condition both in preoperative and postoperative period. Many surgical methods are defined to have advantages against each other, in many different publications in the medical literature. In this study, we aimed to compare two different methods in terms of postoperative complications, recurrence and patients' quality of life.