%0 Journal Article
%T A scoring system as a method to evaluate pilonidal sinus disease to make an easy decision for its management
%A Awad Mohamed
%A Elbaset Amr
%A Ebraheem Samir
%A Tantawy Esmael
%J Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
%D 2009
%I Medknow Publications
%X This study was planned to evaluate prospectively the results of 150 patients with pilonidal sinus treated surgically after planning a score system. The aim was to choose the proper technique for the proper pilonidal sinus disease. From November 2002 to December 2006, 150 patients [130 male, 20 female; average age = 22.65 ¡À 4.2 (range, 15-46) years] with primary or recurrent pilonidal sinus diseases, operated under spinal anaesthesia or general anaesthesia. All patients were classified into three groups A, B and C. According to the clinical presentations we had three groups of patients: Group A with a score number n = 8 to 10, Group B with a score number n = 11 to 13, and Group C had the number n = 14 to 16. The study helped us in our surgical decision making, particularly in choosing the type of surgery for a given patient by our new scoring system, with promising results and low failure rate.
%K Pilonidal sinus
%K Recurrent sinuses
%K Scoring system
%U http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2009;volume=42;issue=1;spage=43;epage=48;aulast=Awad