25 February 2025 : Clinical Research
Comparative Outcomes of Surgical Techniques for Pilonidal Sinus: A Turkish Retrospective Study
Afig Gojayev
ABEF 1, Murathan Erkent ACDEFG 1*, Huseyin Onur Aydin BD 1, Cem Aydoğan CDEG 1, Tevfik Avci EFG 2, İsmail Tırnova BD 3, Paşa Doğan BG 4, Ramazan Gündoğdu BG 2, Sedat Yıldırım ACDG 1
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.947466
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e947466
Table 1 Patient characteristics.
| Total | PMC | LF | KF | LP | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Female | 87 (20.6%) | 55 (24.1%) | 13 (15.9%) | 9 (17%) | 10 (16.9%) | 0.288 |
| Male | 335 (79.4%) | 173 (75.9%) | 69 (84.1%) | 44 (83%) | 49 (83.1%) | ||
| Age | 23 (18–67) | 23 (18–64) | 24 (18–47) | 23 (18–47) | 24 (18–67) | 0.306 | |
| Disease status | Primary | 347 (82.2%) | 189 (82.9%) | 67 (81.7%) | 45 (84.9%) | 46 (78%) | 0.782 |
| Recurrence | 75 (17.8%) | 39 (17.1%) | 15 (18.3%) | 8 (15.1%) | 13 (22%) | ||
| Preoperative abscess | 184 (43.6%) | 97 (42.5%) | 38 (46.3%) | 27 (50.9%) | 22 (37.3%) | 0.480 | |
| Comorbidity | – | 375 (88.9%) | 202 (88.6%) | 76 (92.7%) | 48 (90.6%) | 49 (83.1%) | 0.174 |
| DM | 16 (34%) | 8 (3.5%) | 1 (1.2%) | 1 (1.9%) | 6 (10.2%) | ||
| COPD | 31 (66%) | 18 (7.9%) | 5 (6.1%) | 4 (7.5%) | 4 (6.8%) | ||
| Follow up period (month) | 90 (7–152) | 105 (34–152) | 87 (9–151) | 77 (14–146) | 14 (7–49) | ||
| PMC – primary midline closure; LF – Limberg flap; KF – Karydakis flap; LP – laser pilonidotomy; DM – diabetes mellitus; COPD – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | |||||||