… This review is a systematic review of the surgical treatment options available for pilonidal
sinus disease. It found clear benefits associated with the off‐midline surgical closure over the …

… benefit for surgical management by primary closure or open healing by secondary intention.
… the decision to use primary or secondary closure should be based on surgeon and patient …

… The surgical wound may be left to heal by open healing (secondary intention). Advocates of
this … When the choice of treatment for pilonidal sinus was excision and primary closure our …

… For the purposes of this study, pilonidal cyst was defined as a midline cystic structure; a …
often unsightly scars and are not used routinely by most surgeons for primary surgical treatment. …

… I was approached by Peter King, consultant general surgeon at … wound healing after
surgical management of pilonidal sinus disease. Iain McCallum, then a junior surgeon, had an …

… surgical outcome of healing by primary intention and compare it with primary repair for the
treatment of pilonidal sinus… with a pilonidal sinus and agreed to participate in the study. All the …

… surgical procedure (Chiedozi et al, 2002). Time to wound healing for secondary intention
healing following an … 91 days, while for excision with primary closure average values of 15 to 27 …

… to heal by secondary intention than primarily. This is a very important factor in patient
satisfaction. For this reason, primary repair after excision seems to be a more appropriate option. …

… treated with excision and primary closure, excision and healing by secondary intention or …
Pilonidal sinuses of varying sizes were included in the present study, and the results should …

… pilonidal disease after initial wound closure was less frequent after healing by secondary
intention… All patients requiring surgical treatment for a pilonidal sinus at our hospital between …