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Choosing the correct side for Karydakis flap
Author(s) -
Kulacoglu H.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01463.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pilonidal disease , surgery , simple (philosophy) , wound healing , philosophy , epistemology
Objective Choosing the correct side for Karydakis flap in treatment of pilonidal disease in certain cases. Method When the cyst or diseased tissues appear deep into the opposite side it may create some annoying problems, like too thin skin edge, dead space and wound failure. Herein, a simple modification of skin incision marking to over‐come this potential problem is described. Conclusion This simple technical offer could be useful when dealing with sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease in daily surgical practice.