ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2019
Minimally Invasive Pilonidal Sinus Treatment: A Narrative Review.
Article in Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Radiofrequency Treatment for Pilonidal Disease : Clinical Investigation on Safety of Use, Efficacy and Patient Satisfaction at 6 Months
Radiofrequency Treatment for Pilonidal Disease : Clinical Investigation on Safety of Use, Efficacy and Patient Satisfaction at 6 Months
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Endoscopic Treatment of Pilonidal Sinus Disease: State of Art and Review of the Literature.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Platelet-rich plasma treatment improves postoperative recovery in patients with pilonidal sinus disease: a randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC surgery · 2021Trial
- Pediatric endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment (PEPSiT) as standard of care results over 10 years' experience in 507 patients.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Radiofrequency for the treatment of pilonidal disease: results of a French prospective pilot study.Annals of coloproctology · 2026Article
- Outcomes of pediatric pilonidal disease treatment: excision with off-midline flap reconstruction versus endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Article
- Five-year recurrence after endoscopic approach to pilonidal sinus disease: A multicentre experience.Techniques in coloproctology · 2023Article
- Endoscopic approach to complex or recurrent pilonidal sinus: A retrospective analysis.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Use of the laser in the pilonidal sinus alone or in combination with phenol.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2023Article
- Surgery for pilonidal sinus disease in Norway: training, attitudes and preferences-a survey among Norwegian surgeons.BMC surgery · 2022Article
- Histopathological Examination and Endoscopic Sinusectomy: Is It Possible?Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- The comparison of short-term results of marsupialization method in operated patients with acute pilonidal abscess and chronic pilonidal sinus.Turkish journal of surgery · 2021Article
- Primary Transverse Closure Compared to Open Wound Treatment for Primary Pilonidal Sinus Disease in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Treatment Strategies for Pilonidal Sinus Disease in Switzerland and Austria.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Article
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Abstract
The management of chronic pilonidal disease remains controversial, but recently, new minimal invasive approaches have been proposed. Whereas in the conventional surgical treatment an elliptical wedge of skin and subcutaneous tissue is created to remove the sinus and its lateral tracks, the basis for our new treatment is to create a minimal elliptical wedge of the subcutaneous tissue, including all the inflamed tissue and debris while leaving the overlying skin intact. The mechanism of an endoscopic approach relies on use of the endoscope without cutaneous tissue damage. Advantages include shorter operative time and time to discharge, which impact resource management in both primary and secondary care: patients undergoing endoscopic technique have a high satisfaction rate, probably due to the low level of postoperative pain and early return to work and daily activities. However, it is mandatory that further studies would analyze surgical approaches to pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) with a consistent and adequate follow-up of at least 5 years. Both sinusectomy and endoscopic approach to PSD were found to be safe and effective compared with conventional techniques. Publishedresults of studies of newer approaches have demonstrated a low short-term complication rate, comparable to conventional surgery results.
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