Erschienen in:
01.07.2012
Trends in Surgical Treatment of Pilonidal Sinus Diseases: Primary Closure or Flap: Reply
verfasst von:
Ahmet Okuş, Banş Sevinç, Ömer Karahan
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 7/2012
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Excerpt
In our recent article [
1], the results of tension-free primary closure and of the Limberg flap were similar. These results have caused immediate comment [
2,
3]. Azizi et al. [
4] reported no recurrence at 1-year follow-up after performing the Limberg flap procedure. In addition, there are studies that reported a 1 % recurrence rate after flap reconstruction for pilonidal sinus [
5] in our country. Therefore, flap reconstruction is a highly chosen procedure. However, as Azizi et al. [
4] reported, there is no consensus among surgeons about the ideal treatment method. There are successful results for primary closure but the choices of surgeons show variability in the treatment method. …