Electrocauterization in the Treatment of Pilonidal Sinus

International Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-84

  Shafik, A ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Electrocautery; Pilonidal sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029938460     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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