Surgery

• • MARCH 2, 2025
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  Is a Cleft Lift Appropriate for “Mild” Pilonidal Disease?

  Is a cleft lift for mild pilonidal disease like "going after a fly with an elephant gun"? Many surgeons feel that for very severe pilonidal disease the cleft lift is the best option when performed by an experienced pilonidal surgeon. But, what is the best approach for patients with mild disease? This is a veryRead more

  • Steve Immerman
  • Basic Information,
  • Non-surgical treatment,
  • Prevention,
  • Surgery
• • MAY 17, 2024
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  Pilonidal Specialists?

  Is there really such a thing as a "pilonidal specialist"? 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", yet there are surgeons who take this disease process very seriously, and devote aRead more

  • Steve Immerman
  • Basic Information,
  • Research,
  • Surgery
• • MAY 15, 2024
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  Why does pilonidal surgery often fail?

  For surgeons, defining and removing pilonidal disease during an operation is not a mysterious hunt, but rather a very straight-forward process. Is is because all the pilonidal disease was not removed? A very common question is why a pilonidal operation failed, and one of the answers often given is that some of the disease wasRead more

  • Steve Immerman
  • Basic Information,
  • Research,
  • Surgery,
  • Wound Healing

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