Question: I have had several pilonidal infections and each time had to go to the emergency room to have them drained. This is getting old. Why am I having such a problem and what can I do about it?

Over the years, surgery has experienced a transition from being a trial and error-based approach towards evidence-based practice. To no surgically treated ailment does this truism apply more than ...

Question: I have had several pilonidal infections and each time had to go to the emergency room to have them drained. This is getting old. Why am I having such a problem and what can I do about it?

Your ‘butt floss’ can even cause ingrown hairs or folliculitis from the irritation of the hair follicles near your bottom, ...

Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment, is a minimally invasive approach to transforming the management of pilonidal sinus at the natal cleft. Read on. A pilonidal sinus impacts the natal cleft, located ...

What is the preferred surgical approach to pilonidal sinus disease? The study authors reviewed published case reports, case series, systematic reviews, and randomized trials from 1980 to 2010. On the ...

Long sitting hours have led to a significant rise of pilonidal sinus disease among students, primarily adolescents, during the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors from Pune, Mumbai and Surat have confirmed.

A pilonidal sinus is a small infected tract or a network of interlinking tracts under the skin between the buttocks. The exact cause is unknown but it may be from loose hairs pushing into the skin, ...