Management of pilonidal sinus with the Limberg flap

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 775-777

  Bozkurt, Mehmet Kürşat ^a   Tezel, Ekmel ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pilonidal sinus; Surgical flaps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0031807197     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236268     Document Type: Article

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