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 ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...