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  • Our Clinic
    • Consultation
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    • Eau Claire, Wisconsin
    • OakLeaf Surgical Hospital
    • Notice of Provider Privacy Practices
  • Diagnosis
    • Pilonidal Cysts
    • What Causes Pilonidal Disease?
    • Glossary of Pilonidal Terminology
    • Pilonidal Disease
    • Pilonidal Sinus
    • Hidradenitis and Pilonidal Disease
    • Pain from Pilonidal Cysts
  • Treatment
    • Cleft-Lift Procedure
    • Pilonidal Operations
    • The Definitive Guide to Pilonidal Abscess
    • Pilonidal disease with minimal symptoms
    • Help! I just had a wide excision!
    • Why didn’t my doctor tell me about the cleft-lift procedure?
    • Why Isn’t My Wound Healing?
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    • How long to stay and how to travel
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    • What to Bring for Surgery
    • Nutrition for Healing
    • Post-Operative Care
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    • Clothing for Pilonidal Patients
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    • DECEMBER 7, 2019
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    What is the place of silver nitrate for pilonidal wounds?

    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?

    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?

    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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    • NOVEMBER 1, 2019
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    Research on Hair Removal for Pilonidal Cysts

    Research on Hair Removal for Pilonidal Cysts

    Some of the first research on the subject The term “pilonidal” means “nest of hair”. We know that pilonidal cysts contain loose hairs. These hairs are not “ingrown”,…

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    • AUGUST 17, 2019
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    What’s The Deal With Pits?

    What’s The Deal With Pits?

    All I see is pits – do I need to worry? Pilonidal disease occurs because of a deep gluteal cleft. Pressure develops in the cleft, and causes pores in the midline to enlarge. If one looks carefully,…

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    • AUGUST 11, 2019
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    About Getting Wounds and Incisions Wet

    About Getting Wounds and Incisions Wet

    Either before or after surgery There is a lot of confusion about getting wet when patients have open wounds, or are immediately post-op. The general instructions that we give patients after a cleft-lift…

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