Over the years, surgery has experienced a transition from being a trial and error-based approach towards evidence-based practice. To no surgically treated ailment does this truism apply more than ...

What is the preferred surgical approach to pilonidal sinus disease? The study authors reviewed published case reports, case series, systematic reviews, and randomized trials from 1980 to 2010. On the ...

Objective: To compare open healing with primary closure for pilonidal sinus and optimal closure method (midline v off-midline). Design: Systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: I have a minor opening at the base of my spine. It has some hairs in it. It bothers me a little when I sit down in a certain way. I checked this in my medical book, and it describes ...

This ailment, known colloquially as 'Jeepers Bottom,' was first described during World War II in soldiers. A 21-year-old UPSC aspirant has undergone successful treatment for pilonidal sinus, a ...

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 ...

This procedure works well for a pilonidal sinus and there are no serious concerns about its safety. A pilonidal sinus is a small infected cavity under the skin between the buttocks, just above the ...