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Ann Chir Plast Esthet 2022 Aug 1. Epub 2022 Aug 1.

Service de chirurgie réparatrice, plastique et brûlé, CHU Mohammed VI BP2360 Principal, Avenue Ibn Sina, Marrakech, Maroc.

The pilonidal cyst is an inflammatory disease occurring when a hair follicle penetrates inside a surgical wound. Uncommon in the scalp region, the pilonidal sinus is typically encountered in the sacrococcygeal regions. A single minor trauma of the scalp can be an inductor factor. Read More

Cureus 2022 Jun 28;14(6):e26396. Epub 2022 Jun 28.

Department of General Surgery, Om Multispeciality Hospital, Malkapur, IND.

Introduction A pilonidal sinus (PNS) is a small passageway in the subcutaneous tissue which develops most frequently in the sacrococcygeal area. In terms of postoperative outcomes, the decision on the best surgical treatment for PNS is still a challenge for a surgeon. Prevention of the disease recurrence and improving quality of the life can be considered primary goals of the treatment. Read More

Adv Skin Wound Care 2022 Aug;35(8):1-4

Arda Isik, MD, is Associate Professor, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Erzincan, Turkey. Arkadiusz Peter Wysocki is Deputy Director of General Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, Australia. Ufuk Memiş, MD, is Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University. Efe Sezgin, PhD, is Associate Professor, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey. Also at Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Assel Yezhikova, MD, and Yersultan Islambekov, MD, are Residents. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted April 17, 2021; accepted in revised form September 9, 2021.

Objective: Pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) is a chronic inflammatory condition of skin that is thought to be related to implanted loose hair. Although PSD is most frequently seen in the sacrococcygeal region, it can also occur at the axilla, perineum, suprapubic regions, hands, and umbilicus. The aim of this project was to find factors influencing the development and treatment of umbilical PSD. Read More

Asian J Surg 2022 Jul 14. Epub 2022 Jul 14.

Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine, Kafkas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Turkey.

Background: The aim of this study was to arrange the treatment according to the etiology following the differential diagnosis in patients who had presented to the Orthopedics and Traumatology and General Surgery outpatient departments, and to emphasize the post-treatment success.

Method: The charts of 156 patients who had presented to the Orthopedics and Traumatology, General Surgery Departments of the Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine between July 2012 and June 2021 were retrospectively reviewed after permission was obtained from the ethics committee in this study. The demographic findings and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) results for those with a symptom of pain as detected during the physical examination were recorded from the patient charts. Read More

J Drugs Dermatol 2022 Jul;21(7):800-802

Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp (DCS) also known as perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (PCAS) is a chronic, relapsing, inflammatory dermatosis consisting of edematous sterile pustules and nodules resulting in sinus tracts and scarring alopecia. Although first described as infectious in 1903, DCS is primarily an inflammatory process that can precede a secondary infection; this is similarly true of the other conditions within the follicular occlusion tetrad: hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), acne conglobata, and pilonidal sinus. Read More