4th International Pilonidal Conference Summary
3rd International Pilonidal Conference Evaluation
3rd International Pilonidal Conference Summary
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2nd International Pilonidal Conference Summary
Survey towards pilonidal classification
There is no universally accepted and used classification of Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Disease.
This leads to studies being non-generalizable with difficult to compare outcomes driving the tendency towards surgeon specific management.
A survey of pilonidal surgeons was perforemed to determine the necessary components of a classification system.
Pilonidal Disease Month European Society of Coloprotology
Pilonidal Disease videos
Luigi Basso - introduction
Peter Wysocki - basic science and Karydakis Flap
Louis Banka Johnson - plastic surgery
Scott Steele - to flap or not
Steve Immerman - Bascom Cleft Lift
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Bascom Cleft Lift
Bascom in 2002 described his Cleft Lift as a “modification of the successful method of Karydakis and Kitchen".
This relatively straightforward flap results in an off midline scar which is out of the ditch.
Surgical Aspects of Pilonidal Sinus Disease
1955 – the Year That Taught Us so Much!
In 1955 researchers discovered:
- suction pressure in the subcutaneous tissue of the natal cleft
- due to its scales, hair is always propelled in the direction of the root
- all hairs within a pilonidal sinus are parallel
