A randomised trial of knife versus diathermy in pilonidal disease

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 405-407

  Duxbury, M S ^a   Blake, S M ^a   Lambert, Anthony W ^a   Dashfield, Anthony ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knife versus diathermy; Pilonidal disease; Randomised trial

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CALCIUM ALGINATE; CAVICARE; CONVATEC; CYCLIZINE; DICLOFENAC; GBR; ISOFLURANE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PARAFFIN; PROPOFOL; SMITH AND NEPHEW HEALTHCARE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; DIATHERMY EXCISION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXCISION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEEDLE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALPEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILONIDAL SINUS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0242636215     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403322520799     Document Type: Article

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