The effects of drainage on the rates of early wound complications and recurrences after Limberg flap reconstruction in patients with pilonidal disease

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-429

  Kirkil C ^a   Boyuk A ^b   Bulbuller N ^c   Aygen, E ^a   Karabulut, K ^a   Coskun S ^d  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Antalya Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^d Bafra State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drain; Limberg flap; Pilonidal disease; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMBERG FLAP RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 84855189115     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-011-0782-5     Document Type: Article

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