The Latest Clinical Research
Dr. Immerman’s results on 700 cleft lift patients Dr. Immerman has been keeping track of his cleft lift patients since 1993, and has just published his results in a peer reviewed scientific article….
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FEBRUARY 2, 2021
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DECEMBER 6, 2020
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Flap Terminology Confusion
The difference between Bascom’s Operation and The Bascom Cleft-Lift There are many different operations for pilonidal disease and the terminology can be confusing. At our clinic we perform the…
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OCTOBER 4, 2020
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Letter from a grateful family
With permission, I thought I’d share a recent correspondence from a patient’s father, who is a physician who has retired from surgery and now works in a wound care clinic. He has been trying…
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
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Sitting after Cleft-Lift Surgery
We encourage sitting immediately after surgery. When I perform a cleft lift, the incision is not in the midline – so when you are sitting there is no force pulling the incision apart. In addition,…
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
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Recurrent Pilonidal Disease
Why does it happen? Unfortunately, recurrence of pilonidal disease after surgery is a common problem. This article discusses the reasons why this happens, and presents a good solution. In order to understand…
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AUGUST 26, 2020
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Suction Drains after a Cleft-Lift
Are they really that important? After a cleft-lift procedure many surgeons place a drain. There are two different basic kinds in popular use. One type is a “passive drain” and consists of…
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