Abstract:Background:The pilonidal sinus disease may present as chronic cutaneous infection, pilonidal abscess, pilonidal sinus or recurrent pilonidal sinuses. There are several conservative non-surgical and surgical methods of treatment of pilonidal sinus. The wound healing of pilonidal sinus depends upon multiple factors such as the stage at which patient presented to the surgeon, co-existing medical conditions, method of medical/surgical treatment chosen and the expertise of the surgeon. Here we are presenting the re… Show more
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