Treatment of natal cleft sinus.

Hollingworth, J.; Hegarty, D; Kaufman, H. D.

doi:10.1136/bmj.305.6848.311

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“…13,14 However, there are only a few studies available where different treatment modalities were compared in one publication. 21,26,31,34,44,78 Because of this fact a weighted analysis such as the Mantel-Haenszel test was not possible and therefore we decided to perform a pooled estimation of incidence for the endpoints infection, failure and recurrence rate.…”

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Primary Closure Techniques in Chronic Pilonidal Sinus

Petersen¹,

Koch²,

Stelzner³

et al. 2002

Diseases of the Colon &Amp; Rectum

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Beside the various statistical considerations when using a pooled data analysis combining results from the literature, this overview suggests a significant benefit of asymmetric-oblique closure techniques or flap techniques in comparison with simple closure in the midline. Thus, we recommend an asymmetric closure technique for primary closure of a chronic pilonidal sinus. These asymmetric procedures provide better results than the simple closure in the natal midline. Furthermore, they are not as sophisticated as the full-thickness plasty techniques.

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