Abstract:Background and objective: Many surgical options are known to treat chronic pilonidal sinus disease; the procedure that has the least recurrence rate is the open method. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of adding one step in management, on the recurrence rate of the same procedure. Methods: This is a prospective study, started at 1st Feb. 2018; the last data collection was at 31 Jan. 2020. Thirt-eight patients included in the study, all were suffering from chronic sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease… Show more
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