Minimal Excision and Primary Suture is a Cost-Efficient Definitive Treatment for Pilonidal Disease with Low Morbidity: A Population-Based Interventional and a Cross-Sectional Cohort Study

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1295-1302

  Khodakaram, Kaveh ^a   Stark, Joachim ^b   Höglund, Ida ^c   Andersson, Roland E ^b,d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Värnamo Hospital   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUTURE TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SICK LEAVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 85000770431     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-016-3828-z     Document Type: Article

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