Randomized clinical trial comparing primary closure with the Limberg flap in the treatment of primary sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1081-1084

  Akca, T ^a   Colak, T ^a   Ustunsoy, B ^a   Kanik, A ^a   Aydin, S ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; PILONIDAL SINUS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24644496710     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5074     Document Type: Article

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