The role of ebesity on the recurrence of pilonidal sinus disease in patients, who were treated by excision and Limberg flap transposition

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-175

  Cubukcu A ^a   Gonullu N N ^a   Paksoy, M ^b   Alponat, A ^a   Kuru, M ^a   Ozbay O ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Limberg flap; Obesity; Pilonidal sinus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PILONIDAL SINUS; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PILONIDAL SINUS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0033624481     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003840000212     Document Type: Article

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