Are evil bacteria the reason why some surgery fails? Bacteria will grow and cause problems in wounds that are not healing well. Usually, when pilonidal surgery fails it is not because a patient was unlucky enough to be colonized with a pathogenic bacteria, but rather because their surgery created an environment that caused whatever bacteria
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Unfortunately, some patient’s experience with surgery for pilonidal disease is unsuccessful. There are patients have numerous operations over a span of many years and can not seem to have their problem solved. Does that mean “surgery doesn’t work for them”? What it means is the kind or quality of surgery they had didn’t work for
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Many times, physicians will blame patient’s personal hygiene for either the initial development of pilonidal disease or the failure of a post operative wound to heal. In 2018 a German researcher, Dietrich Doll published information investigating this issue. The conclusion was: Neither urine or fecal contamination nor a potential increase in sweating due to higher
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