Multicenter prospective randomized trial comparing modified Limberg flap transposition and Karydakis flap reconstruction in patients with sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-327

  Can, Mehmet Fatih ^a,b   Sevinc, Mert Mahsuni ^a   Hancerliogullari, Oguz ^c   Yilmaz, Mehmet ^a   Yagci, Gokhan ^b  

^a Ardahan State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Department of Surgery   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Closure; Karydakis; Limberg; Pilonidal sinus; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956190018     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.042     Document Type: Article

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