A pilonidal sinus is a small hole or tunnel in the skin that can easily become infected. It typically forms in the cleft at ...

STANHOPE, N.J., June 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pilonidal disease—a chronic infectious and inflammatory condition affecting the skin and underlying tissue near the tailbone—is a common disorder ...

Simple Day-Case Surgery for Pilonidal Sinus Disease . Thompson MR, Senapati A, Kitchen P Br J Surg. 2011;98:198-209 ...

Pilonidal Cyst and Sinus. This article has multiple parts: First of Two Parts; Author: Joseph Liburt, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations. Published June 10, 1948. N Engl J Med 1948; 238: 840-843.

Pilonidal sinus, once rare, is increasingly common in Hyderabad, especially among young adults and software engineers due to prolonged sitting. Doctors are seeing two to three cases per week and ...

Oct. 25, 2002 — A new paradigm for the surgical approach to pilonidal disease, described in the October issue of the Archives of Surgery, allows cure for those cases which were formerly ...

1.1 Current evidence on endoscopic ablation for a pilonidal sinus raises no major safety concerns and the evidence on efficacy is adequate in quality and quantity. Therefore, this procedure can be ...

THE ideal of all surgical treatment is to effect a cure, and in pilonidal cyst and sinus the basic aim is to prevent recurrence, lessen the period of disability and obtain a good mechanical result.