Timeline of recurrence after primary and secondary pilonidal sinus surgery

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1928-1934

  Doll, Dietrich ^a,d   Krueger, Colin M ^b   Schrank, Stefan ^a   Dettmann, Heidi ^a   Petersen, Sven ^c   Duesel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^c Bethesda Alligemeines Krankenhaus Bergedorf   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Follow up; Pilondal sinus; Recurrence; Recurrence rate; Surgery; Timeline of recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MILITARY SERVICE; PILONIDAL SINUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

HUMANS; PILONIDAL SINUS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35948995748     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9031-4     Document Type: Article

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