Is the Cleft-Lift a New Procedure?
My surgeon said he never heard of it because it was a new, specialized procedure. It depends on your definition of “new”. The cleft-lift is a procedure that has had several modifications, within…
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JULY 15, 2020
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JUNE 9, 2020
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Pilonidal Disease: Can I Avoid Surgery?
Will this go away by itself? Is it manageable with non-surgical care? This is a commonly asked question. Although I am a surgeon, I realize that surgery is not for everyone, and nobody is really excited…
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MARCH 13, 2020
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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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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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