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The use of topical 10 % metronidazole in the treatment of non-healing pilonidal sinus wounds after surgery

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  1. Department of Surgery, Medway Maritime Hospital, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY, UK

    Efthymios Ypsilantis & Shirley Chan

  2. Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, London, UK

    Emin Carapeti

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Ypsilantis, E., Carapeti, E. & Chan, S. The use of topical 10 % metronidazole in the treatment of non-healing pilonidal sinus wounds after surgery. Int J Colorectal Dis 31, 765–767 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-015-2269-8

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