The rhomboid flap for pilonidal disease

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 218-221

  Arumugam, P J ^a   Chandrasekaran, T V ^a   Morgan, A R ^a   Beynon, J ^a   Carr, N D ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Natal cleft; Pilonidal sinus; Recurrence; Rhomboid flap

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BUTTOCKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038025245     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2003.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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