Results of primary repair in surgical treatment of chronic pilonidal sinus disease
HM Mutuş, B Aksu, E Uzun, N Gülçin, G Gerçel, E Özatman, Ç Ulukaya Durakbaşa, H Okur
Istanbul Medeniyet University Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery
AimChronic pilonidal disease (CPD) is a common condition in adolescents which is treated by various surgical techniques. Differing complication and recurrence rates have been reported for different techniques. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the results of our approach in patients who were treated for CPD.
Patients and MethodThe patients with CPD which did not respond to medical treatment were prepared by shaving prior to surgery. In surgery, total excision of the cyst or granulation tissue down to presacral fascia with an ellipsoid midline incision of maximum 0.5 cm periphery of the sinus opening was performed routinely. Wounds were closed with primary sutures in the midline. The patients were discharged with recommendations of oral antibiotics, minimum mobilization and lateral laying position. Outpatient follow up continued for one month or total healing. Laser epilation therapy was recommended routinely 3 months after surgery.
Demographic properties, operation findings, anesthesiological techniques, post operative complication and recurrence rates, and long term results were evaluated retrospectively.
ResultsThere were 268 patients treated for CPD, 146 (54%) male, and 122 (46%) female. Median age was 16 years. Patients were followed up between 6 months to 8 years (mean 31 months). General anesthesia was applied in 194 (72.4%) , and spinal in 74 (27.6%) cases. In 36 (13.4%) patients, wound infection or detachment occured in first month of surgery, which resolved by secondary healing. In long term follow up, 21 (7.8%) patients had one, and 1 (0.4%) had two recurrences which needed surgery. None of the patients who had laser epilation had recurrence.
ConclusionMeticulous surgery with total excision of the cyst down to the presacral fascia and primary closure seems to be an effective technique, and post operative laser epilation treatment is thought to be useful method for increasing success rates in CPD management.
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