The study data demonstrate that pelvic floor dysfunction is a common problem among women and it is strongly linked to childbirth and aging.

The development of a postoperative trocar site hernia may be prevented by the closure of 10-mm trocar sites in patients who are older than 60 years, obese, and who have a longer duration of operation.

Unroofing and curettage for pilonidal sinus disease is an easy and effective technique. The vast majority of the patients, including those with abscess as well as those with chronic disease, will heal with this simple procedure, after which even recurrences can be managed successfully with the same procedure. Relying on these results, we advocate unroofing and curettage as the procedure of choice in the management of pilonidal disease.

These findings implicate that use of EGF in gelatin-microsphere dressings improves wound healing both in normal and diabetic rats.

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