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    • About Dr. Steven C. Immerman
    • About Dr. Richard Daniels
    • Dr Immerman’s Credentials
    • Our Surgeons
    • Our Staff
    • Patient Satisfaction
    • Testimonials
  • Our Clinic
    • Consultation
    • Billing & Insurance
    • Eau Claire, Wisconsin
    • OakLeaf Surgical Hospital
    • Notice of Provider Privacy Practices
  • Diagnosis and Treatment
    • Pilonidal Cysts
    • Cleft-Lift Procedure
    • Glossary of Pilonidal Terminology
    • Pilonidal Disease
    • Pilonidal Operations
    • Pain from Pilonidal Cysts
    • Pilonidal disease with minimal symptoms
    • Help! I just had a wide excision!
    • The Definitive Guide to Pilonidal Abscess
    • Pilonidal Sinus
    • Why Isn’t My Wound Healing?
    • Why didn’t my doctor tell me about the cleft-lift procedure?
    • Hidradenitis and Pilonidal Disease
    • Home Treatments
  • Pre and Post Op Care
    • How long to stay and how to travel
    • Pre-Operative Preparation
    • What to Bring for Surgery
    • Nutrition for Healing
    • Post-Operative Care
    • Activity Instructions after a Cleft Lift Procedure
    • Clothing for Pilonidal Patients
    • Post-Operative Pilonidal Wounds and Drainage
    • “Hacks” for Healing after Pilonidal Surgery
    • Pain after Pilonidal Surgery
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    • MAY 31, 2021
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    Who is a “candidate” for a cleft lift?

    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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    • OCTOBER 14, 2019
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    How to evaluate the quality of a cleft-lift

    How to evaluate the quality of a cleft-lift

    For a surgeon some operations are easier to learn than others. The cleft-lift procedure can be challenging to learn, and one of the problems for a surgeon trying to learn this without a mentor, is knowing…

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  • Pilonidal Specialists? May 17, 2024
  • Why does pilonidal surgery often fail? May 15, 2024

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