Pilonidal Sinus
- There is a cavity filled with hairs occurs most commonly in your ger
groups who sit for a long time.
- In this disease the patient complains of painful swelling at lower back,
difficulty in sitting occasionally low grade fever.
- As the time progress patient has repeated episodes of pain in the back
with discharge.
- Sometimes you may see hairs coming out from the wound(pit).
- Surgery is the only treatment. Recurrence is also known less in the hands
of experienced surgeon.
- Surgery can be simple lay open, primary closure and in recurrent or larger
lesions a flap closure.