Question: I have had several pilonidal infections and each time had to go to the emergency room to have them drained. This is getting old. Why am I having such a problem and what can I do about it?

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 ...

Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment, is a minimally invasive approach to transforming the management of pilonidal sinus at the natal cleft. Read on. A pilonidal sinus impacts the natal cleft, located ...

Question: I have had several pilonidal infections and each time had to go to the emergency room to have them drained. This is getting old. Why am I having such a problem and what can I do about it?

Pilonidal sinus—also called a pilonidal cyst—is a skin infection that occurs in or around the crease of your buttocks. This condition happens when hair, skin cells, and dirt clog a hair follicle, ...

1. Ommer A, Berg E, Breitkopf C, et al.: S3-Leitlinie: Sinus pilonidalis. Coloproctology 2014; 36: 272–322 CrossRef 2. Steele SR, Perry WB, Mills S, Buie WD: Practice parameters for the management of ...

A pilonidal sinus is a small infected tract or a network of interlinking tracts under the skin between the buttocks. The exact cause is unknown but it may be from loose hairs pushing into the skin, ...

Long sitting hours have led to a significant rise of pilonidal sinus disease among students, primarily adolescents, during the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors from Pune, Mumbai and Surat have confirmed.