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• • 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
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  • 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
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  • Research,
  • Surgery,
  • Wound Healing
• • DECEMBER 31, 2023
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  Dealing with Pilonidal Wounds that Open and Close

  Sometimes wound from pilonidal surgery seem to heal, but then open up again, and this happens multiple times. This is a common problem, and usually means that there is still a residual cleft, that the scar from previous surgery is in the cleft, and the skin is fragile and intermittently breaks down, and then seemsRead more

  • Steve Immerman
  • Non-surgical treatment,
  • Post Op Care,
  • Surgery,
  • Wound Healing
• • NOVEMBER 9, 2023
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  I Had a Cleft Lift and it Failed

  Am I Doomed? The short answer is, “no”. But, what should you do now? When a cleft lift fails – meaning that either the incision came apart and isn’t healing, or a new cyst, sinus, or wound has developed – it is usually because the cleft-lift failed to flatten the entire cleft, a new foldRead more

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  • Post Op Care,
  • Research,
  • Surgery,
  • Wound Healing

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