Comparison between drainage and curettage in the treatment of acute pilonidal abscess

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 553-555

  Vahedian, Jalal ^a   Nabavizadeh, Fatemeh ^b   Nakhaee, Nouzar ^b   Vahedian, Mohammad ^c   Sadeghpour, Ali ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY; WOUND HEALING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRAINAGE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; PILONIDAL SINUS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19044398922     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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