Is wide local excision for pilonidal disease still justified?

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1075-1078

  Tejirian, Talar ^a   Lee, Jenny J ^a   Abbas, Maher A ^a  

^a Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALING; HUMAN; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNROOFING AND MARSUPIALIZATION; WIDE LOCAL EXCISION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38449097096     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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