Can I just wait, and it will disappear? Although it is unusual to start getting new pilonidal disease after age 40, preexisting pilonidal problems often will not go away if they have been untreated. …
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What are the pros and cons? Cleft-lift and pit picking are two very different operations. Although both are for pilonidal disease, they each have their pluses and minuses. Here, I’m going to discuss…
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One of the interesting ways of dressing open wounds is with honey. It is available in “medical grade” form, and often Manuka honey is specifically used. (This is honey from the manuka tree…
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The “art” of surgery. As surgeons, we each have have years of training and experience plus an enormous body of scientific and clinical information at our fingertips. There is so much information, that…
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The pros and cons of wound V.A.C.’s A suction device used to help heal a wound has several names: Wound V.A.C, VAC, “vacuum assisted wound closure” or “negative pressure wound…
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Dealing with failed operations Often patients ask me why their previous surgery won’t heal. Or, why it heals but then reopens. Surgeons often blame this on: the patient’s hygiene quality of wound care…
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