Open AccessPilonidal sinus (Nadi vrana): A case study
Author(s) -
Pradeep Shinde,
Hemant Toshikhane
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of ayurveda research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-925X
pISSN - 0974-7788
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7788.72492
Subject(s) - buttocks , embarrassment , medicine , sinus (botany) , incidence (geometry) , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , psychology , biology , social psychology , botany , physics , optics , genus
Pilonidal sinus (PNS) occurs in the cleavage between the buttocks (natal cleft) and can cause discomfort, embarrassment and absence from work for thousands of young people (mostly men) annually. The incidence of the disease is calculated to be 26 per 100,000 people. It occurs 2.2 times more often in men than in women. Age at presentation is 21 years for men and 19 years for women this case report describes a 22-year-old man with pilonidal sinus who was treated with ksharasutra.