Treatment options for patients with pilonidal sinus disease: PITSTOP, a mixed-methods evaluation
Steven Brown,
Daniel Hind,
Emily Strong
et al.
Abstract:Background
There is no consensus on optimal management of pilonidal disease. Surgical practice is varied, and existing literature is mainly single-centre cohort studies of varied disease severity, interventions and outcome assessments.
Objectives
A prospective cohort study to determine:
disease severity and intervention relationship
most valued outcomes and treatment preference by patients
recommendations for policy and future research.
Design
Observational cohort study with nested mixed-methods case study… Show more
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