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    • Eau Claire, Wisconsin
    • Hospitals
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    • Pilonidal Cysts
    • Cleft-Lift Procedure
    • Glossary of Pilonidal Terminology
    • Pilonidal Disease
    • Pilonidal Operations
    • Pilonidal disease with minimal symptoms
    • Help! I just had a wide excision!
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    • AUGUST 11, 2022
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    Should I have a wide excision for my pilonidal cyst?

    Should I have a wide excision for my pilonidal cyst?

    A very common question Here is the scenario: a patient has a pilonidal cyst and sees a board certified general surgeon in whom the patient has faith in their skills. The surgeon recommends a wide excision,…

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    • OCTOBER 24, 2021
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    Why might a cleft lift need to be revised?

    Why might a cleft lift need to be revised?

    Why might a cleft lift need to be revised? There are times when even a properly performed cleft lift will need another operation to adjust the shape of the cleft. The reasons for this fall into two categories:…

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    • OCTOBER 4, 2020
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    Letter from a grateful family

    Letter from a grateful family

    With permission, I thought I’d share a recent correspondence from a patient’s father, who is a physician who has retired from surgery and now works in a wound care clinic. He has been trying…

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    • SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
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    Sitting after Cleft-Lift Surgery

    Sitting after Cleft-Lift Surgery

    We encourage sitting immediately after surgery. When I perform a cleft lift, the incision is not in the midline – so when you are sitting there is no force pulling the incision apart. In addition,…

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    • SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
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    Recurrent Pilonidal Disease

    Recurrent Pilonidal Disease

    Why does it happen? Unfortunately, recurrence of pilonidal disease after surgery is a common problem. This article discusses the reasons why this happens, and presents a good solution. In order to understand…

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    • MARCH 2, 2020
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    I had a cleft lift and it failed!

    I had a cleft lift and it failed!

    Am I doomed? The short answer is, “no”. But, what should you do now? When a cleft lift fails – meaning that either the incision came apart and isn’t healing, or a new cyst, sinus, or wound has…

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