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Operations for Pilonidal Disease

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This chapter describes several common options for the surgical management of pilonidal disease. Indications, pitfalls and danger points, preoperative preparation, operative strategy and technique, postoperative care, and complications are included.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Marjun P. Duldulao

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center/Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    Andreas M. Kaiser

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center/Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    Andreas M. Kaiser

  3. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA

    Ninh T. Nguyen

  4. Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Umut Sarpel

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Sonia L. Sugg

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Duldulao, M.P., Kaiser, A.M. (2022). Operations for Pilonidal Disease. In: Scott-Conner, C.E.H., Kaiser, A.M., Nguyen, N.T., Sarpel, U., Sugg, S.L. (eds) Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81415-1_83

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