Smoking and Pilonidal Surgery
Is is absolutely necessary to stop smoking before a cleft lift operation? When surgeons perform flap procedures for various medical problems, it is a general rule that patients should stop smoking before…
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JUNE 28, 2023
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JUNE 25, 2023
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Functional Medicine and Pilonidal Surgery
How do we use Functional Medicine in pilonidal patients? Treating pilonidal disease has many challenges. Of course, it is necessary to choose the right operation, perform it correctly, and care for it…
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MAY 31, 2021
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Who is a “candidate” for a cleft lift?
When patients see a surgeon and ask about the cleft lift procedure this becomes an important question. We use the term “candidate”, but this is not an election! Often, surgeons will indicate to a patient…
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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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AUGUST 31, 2019
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Do I need an MRI?
What are the role of imaging studies in the treatment of pilonidal disease? Any time you perform an imaging study of one kind or another, it is important that the result adds to your understand what…
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