Welcome to “Bizarro World”
Getting the right advice at the right time Those of you old enough to have read Superman Comics may remember the Bizarro World where everything was the opposite of the real world. Sometimes our patients…
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MARCH 13, 2020
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JANUARY 12, 2020
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Does Pilonidal Disease Go Away After Age 40?
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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DECEMBER 26, 2019
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Cleft-lift vs. Pit Picking
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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DECEMBER 7, 2019
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What is the place of silver nitrate for pilonidal wounds?
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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NOVEMBER 30, 2019
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Are Wound VAC’s Really That Great?
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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NOVEMBER 21, 2019
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Why won’t my wound heal?
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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