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Pilonidal disease: Long-term results of follicle removal

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum volume 26, pages 800–807 (1983)Cite this article

Abstract

Pilonidal disease is treated by follicle removal and lateral drainage. The method is suited to outpatient management and gives minimal disability and good long-term control. Other treatment methods for management of the unhealed midline pilonidal incision are discussed. Results are satisfactory to as long as nine years on follow-up. Microphotographs demonstrate that pilonidal disease arises from hair follicles in the skin.

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  1. Sacred Heart Hospital, Millrace Medical Building, 655 East 11th Avenue, 97401, Eugene, Oregon

    John Bascom M.D., Ph.D.

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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, San Francisco, California, May 2 to 6, 1982.

This work was performed in Eugene, Oregon at my office and at Sacred Heart Hospital.

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Bascom, J. Pilonidal disease: Long-term results of follicle removal. Dis Colon Rectum 26, 800–807 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554755

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Key words

  • Pilonidal disease
  • Unhealed pilonidal disease
  • Origin of pilonidal disease
  • Hair follicles
  • Perforating folliculitis