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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 2/2012

01-02-2012 | Invited Commentary

Lateral Incision Surgery for Pilonidal Sinus: Death of a Dogma

Author: Mark Cheetham

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 2/2012

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Excerpt

Pilonidal sinus disease is common, but there is no universally accepted surgical treatment for the disease. Over the ages, operative solutions have varied from minimal treatment, such as proposed by Lord and Millar [1] and Bascom [2], to the “shock and awe” tactics of wide excision with flap reconstruction [3]. It could be argued that in some cases the results of surgery were worse than the disease. …
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Metadata
Title
Lateral Incision Surgery for Pilonidal Sinus: Death of a Dogma
Author
Mark Cheetham
Publication date
01-02-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 2/2012
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1388-9

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