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Definitive management of acute pilonidal abscess by loop diathermy excision

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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A simple technique of definitive management of acute pilonidal abscess is described. The procedure consists of incision with drainage of pus followed by controlled excision of diseased tissue and lateral sinuses, using a loop diathermy. It allows one-stage definitive management of both acute pilonidal abscess and chronic pilonidal sinuses.

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  1. Department of Surgery B, Meir General Hospital Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel

    Baruch Shpitz M.D., Zvi Kaufman M.D., Alex Kantarovsky M.D., Antonio Reina M.D. &  Alex Dinbar M.D.

  2. The Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Baruch Shpitz M.D., Zvi Kaufman M.D., Alex Kantarovsky M.D., Antonio Reina M.D. &  Alex Dinbar M.D.

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Shpitz, B., Kaufman, Z., Kantarovsky, A. et al. Definitive management of acute pilonidal abscess by loop diathermy excision. Dis Colon Rectum 33, 441–442 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02156276

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