In many conversations on social media the term “pilonidal specialist” is used to describe a certain category of surgeon. The American College of Surgeons does not recognize this as a “specialty”,…
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For surgeons, defining and removing pilonidal disease during an operation is not a mysterious hunt, but rather a very straight-forward process.
A very common question is why a pilonidal…
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This is a common problem, and usually means that there is still a residual cleft, that the scar from previous surgery is in the cleft,…
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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 developed – it is usually because the cleft-lift…
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