Vienna, Austria, September 2019 I am looking forward to the upcoming meeting of the International Pilonidal Society conference in Vienna, Austria later this month. There will be speakers from all over the world describing their knowledge and experiences with various ways to deal with this complex disease. I am honored to have been asked to
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What are the role of imaging studies in the treatment of pilonidal disease? Any time you perform an imaging study of one kind or another, it is important that the result adds to your understand what is going on, and helps guide treatment. There are various studies used to evaluate the presence and extent of
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All I see is pits – do I need to worry? Pilonidal disease occurs because of a deep gluteal cleft. Pressure develops in the cleft, and causes pores in the midline to enlarge. If one looks carefully, there can be one or several of these enlarged pores in a vertical line along the crease in
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Either before or after surgery There is a lot of confusion about getting wet when patients have open wounds, or are immediately post-op. The general instructions that we give patients after a cleft-lift done at our clinic, is that it is OK to get the incision wet in the shower starting the day after surgery,
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