Adipo-fascio-cutaneous flaps in the treatment of pilonidal sinus: Experience with 50 cases

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-201

  Singh, Raghubir ^a   Pavithran, Nevil M ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Flaps; Natal cleft; Pilonidal sinus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION; SKIN FLAP; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; Z PLASTY;

EID: 23844493135     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60343-2     Document Type: Article

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