Current management of adolescent pilonidal disease

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1124-1127

  Lee, Steven L ^a   Tejirian, Talar ^a   Abbas, Maher A ^a  

^a Division of Pediatric Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric pilonidal disease; Unroofing and marsupialization; Wide local excision

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 44949146283     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.02.042     Document Type: Article

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