Modified Limberg flap reconstruction compares favourably with primary repair for pilonidal sinus surgery

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 238-242

  Cihan, Alper ^a   Mentes, B B ^b   Tatlicioglu, E ^b   Ozmen, S ^b   Leventoglu, S ^b   Ucan, B H ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Modified Limberg flap; Pilonidal sinus; Primary closure

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOBILIZATION; PILONIDAL SINUS; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442592908     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2004.02951.x     Document Type: Article

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