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- JUNE 24, 2022
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The Real Success Rate of Pit Picking
About minimally invasive pilonidal surgery Pit Picking (also called Bascom’s Operation, or Bascom 1) is one of the minimally invasive procedures used to treat pilonidal disease. This operation removes any midline pits, and destroys any sinus tracts and remaining abscess cavities. All of the minimally invasive procedures are similar in what they accomplish, they justRead more
- MAY 17, 2022
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How should a patient determine their best options for treatment of pilonidal disease?
Why are patient experiences so different? How do I get good information? Information from discussion with your local surgeon In general, having an appointment with a local general or colorectal surgeon would seem to be the best approach – and I recommend that you consider that – but unfortunately it does not always work outRead more
- OCTOBER 24, 2021
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Why might a cleft lift need to be revised?
Why might a cleft lift need to be revised? There are times when even a properly performed cleft lift will need another operation to adjust the shape of the cleft. The reasons for this fall into two categories: The original incision has failed to heal properly or has healed, but come apart later. A newRead more
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
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Patient Satisfaction with the Cleft Lift Procedure
As surgeons, when we do operations we have certain parameters that we look at to determine success of a procedure. But, patients can view things very differently, and what we consider a success, may not be what is working for our patients. Here is an article I just published in a peer-reviewed, online, medical journalRead more