Treatment of pilonidal disease in short-stay surgery: personal method.

ABSTRACT

HYPOTHESIS: We state that our personal method constitued by excision and primary closure in the treatment of pilonidal sinus, is able to obtain a low rate of recurrence and a fast return to work. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Our report has been conducted on 315 patients. Excision and primary closure in the treatment of pilonidal sinus by local-regional anesthesia. The patients have been discharged on second day. RESULTS: We have not had intraoperative complication; about morbilità there have been 4% of seromas treated conservatively. CONCLUSIONS: With this personal method we have obtained very good results, in short and long time, with less of recurrences and fast return to work.