Day-case Karydakis flap for pilonidal sinus

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-138

  Anderson, John H ^a   Yip, Christina O ^a   Nagabhushan, J S ^a   Connelly, Sheila J ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Karydakis; Pilonidal sinus

Indexed keywords

CODYDRAMOL; DICLOFENAC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KARYDAKIS FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BODY MASS INDEX; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38149127298     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9150-y     Document Type: Article

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