Short-term and long-term outcomes of the cleft lift procedure in the management of nonacute pilonidal disorders

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1100-1106

  Abdelrazeq, Ayman S ^a,b,c   Rahman, Mujeeb ^a   Botterill, Ian D ^b   Alexander, David J ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bascom's procedure; Cleft closure; Cleft lift; Pilonidal disease; Pilonidal sinus

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIFT PROCEDURE; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SACRUM; SEROMA; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILONIDAL SINUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 46649113723     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9262-z     Document Type: Article

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