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Pilonidal sinus disease guidelines: a minefield?

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  1. Department of General and Visceral, Vascular and Paediatric Surgery, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

    D. Doll

  2. Department of Procto-Surgery, St. Marienhospital Vechta, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Marienstr. 6-8, 49377, Vechta, Germany

    D. Doll

  3. Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bern University Hospital Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

    M. M. Luedi

  4. Vechtaer Institut für Forschungsförderung VIFF e.V., Vechta, Germany

    D. Doll

  5. Department of Surgery, Logan Hospital, Corner Meadowbrook and Loganlea Roads, Meadowbrook, QLD, 4133, Australia

    A. P. Wysocki

  6. Griffith Health Centre, Griffith University Medical School, Griffith University Queensland, G40 Gold Coast Campus, Brisbane, QLD, 4222, Australia

    A. P. Wysocki

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Doll, D., Luedi, M.M. & Wysocki, A.P. Pilonidal sinus disease guidelines: a minefield?. Tech Coloproctol 20, 263–264 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-015-1398-y

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