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THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PILONIDAL DISEASE A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Author(s) -
Bissett IanP.,
Isbister WilliamH.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1987.tb01298.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pilonidal disease , sinus (botany) , surgery , abscess , general surgery , randomized controlled trial , botany , genus , biology
Patients with pilonidal disease presenting at wellington hospital between 1979 and 1982 have been studied retrospectively. Of 218 admissions, 113 were for pilonidal sinus and 105 for pilonidal abscess. Fifty‐five sinuses and 82 abscesses were ‘laid open’. Hospital stay, recurrence rates and costs were considerably lower in those patients who were laid open. It is suggested that laying open is the procedure of choice for patients with both pilonidal abscess and sinus.