13- THE ROLE OF PHENOL INJECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF PILONIDAL SINUS DISEASE | ||
Basrah Journal of Surgery | ||
Article 1, Volume 15, Issue 1, June 2009, Pages 78-80 PDF (0 K) | ||
DOI: 10.33762/bsurg.2009.55391 | ||
Author | ||
Qais K Baqirim | ||
Abstract | ||
The aim of this study was to determine the impact of phenol injection on the outpatient treatment of the sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease. A prospective analysis was taken of forty patients between June 2002 to June 2006 as an outpatient. Age, sex, state of sinuses at initial presentation & the recovery time was analyzed. Phenol injection applied on 40 patients, 37 males & 3 females. Forty percent of the patients required one injection while 55 % of the patients had two applications. The recovery time was between 1-3 months. Recurrence was observed in 15% (6 patients). Phenol treatment is simple, easy & inexpensive method that can applied on an outpatient basis, decreasing both recurrence rate & the morbidity. | ||
Keywords | ||
phenol; injection; PILONIDAL SINUS DISEASE | ||
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