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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 the correct way to apply it is open to interpretation. This is where the "art" comes in. Here, I would like toRead more
- 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 therapy (NPWT)”. Sometimes they are referred to based on…
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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…
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- NOVEMBER 1, 2019
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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”, but instead they are hairs that fell into the gluteal crease…
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