Healing by primary versus secondary intention after surgical treatment for pilonidal sinus

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  McCallum, I ^b   King, P M ^b   Bruce, Julie ^a  

^a Institute of Applied Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Wound healing; Humans; Pilonidal sinus *surgery ; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 40649123172     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006213.pub2     Document Type: Review

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