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    • Dr Immerman’s Credentials
    • Our Surgeons
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  • Our Clinic
    • Consultation
    • Billing & Insurance
    • Eau Claire, Wisconsin
    • OakLeaf Surgical Hospital
    • Notice of Provider Privacy Practices
  • Diagnosis
    • Pilonidal Cysts
    • What Causes Pilonidal Disease?
    • Glossary of Pilonidal Terminology
    • Pilonidal Disease
    • Pilonidal Sinus
    • Hidradenitis and Pilonidal Disease
    • Pain from Pilonidal Cysts
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    • Cleft-Lift Procedure
    • Pilonidal Operations
    • The Definitive Guide to Pilonidal Abscess
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    • MAY 15, 2024
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    Why does pilonidal surgery often fail?

    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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    • DECEMBER 31, 2023
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    Dealing with Pilonidal Wounds that Open and Close

    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
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    • NOVEMBER 9, 2023
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    I Had a Cleft Lift and it Failed

    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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    • NOVEMBER 3, 2023
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    Is There Loss of Athletic Range of Motion After a Cleft Lift

    Is There Loss of Athletic Range of Motion After a Cleft Lift

       

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  • What are pilonidal “flare-ups” and how do I prevent them? 9944 March 25, 2023
  • Research on Hair Removal for Pilonidal Cysts 8217 November 1, 2019
  • Dealing with Pilonidal Wounds that Open and Close 8154 December 31, 2023
  • What is the Gips Procedure, and Does it Work? 7326 July 12, 2023
  • What’s the deal with LASER surgery for pilonidal sinus (SiLaC)? 7320 October 22, 2019

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