Prospective follow-up after ambulatory plain midline excision of pilonidal sinus and primary suture under local anaesthesia - Efficient, sufficient, and persistent

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 488-493

  Dalenbäck, Jan ^a   Magnusson, O ^a   Wedel, N ^a   Rimback G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Midline; Pilonidal sinus; Primary closure; Results

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 8844240703     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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