Wound Healing Archives - Evergreen Surgical Pilonidal Clinic

- JUNE 29, 2025
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Scar Appearance after a Cleft Lift
What does the scar look like after a cleft lift operation? This is a commonly asked question, and like most medical questions, the answer depends on various things. The severity of the pilonidal disease before the cleft lift. Whether there have been previous operations, and exactly what kind. If the patient has any dermatologic (skin)Read more
- JUNE 10, 2025
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Packing
What is "packing", and do I need it? "Packing" doesn't mean that your pilonidal cyst is going on a trip! Packing refers to the situation where an abscess (pocket of infection) is drained (lanced) and filled with gauze; or a situation where a surgical wound separates, and is filled with gauze. The concept behind thisRead more
- 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

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