Outcome of Karydakis procedure for pilonidal sinus

Objective: To analyze the Outcome of karydakis procedure for pilonidal sinus. Design: Prospective interventional study Place and Duration: Lahore General Hospital, Lahore from January 2001 to December 2004. Material and Methods: Patients with chronic pilonidal sinus and Karydakis procedure was adopted. Results: Total No of 60 patients underwent excision and asymetrical primary closure. Six patients required intravenous analgesia minor wound infection was present in twelve patients (20%). Forty eight (80%) patients were able to resume normal household activities with in two weeks while full outdoor activities were possible in two to three weeks in nearly 100 % of cases conversion to open methods was zero with recurrence rate 5% (3 Cases) patients acceptability was 90% (54 Cases)