Treatment of chronic pilonidal disease

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1136-1139

  Spivak, Hadar ^a,b   Brooks, Vicki L ^a   Nussbaum, Moses ^a   Friedman, Ira ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Marsupialization; Open excision; Pilonidal disease; Primary closure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029775834     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02081415     Document Type: Article

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