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 3 Quality of life findings.
| Total | PMC | LF | KF | LP | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain-free toilet sitting (days) | 15 (1–32) | 19 (10–32) | 13 (7–16) | 16 (7–24) | 2 (1–5) | ||
| Pain-free walking (days) | 15 (1–34) | 21 (14–34) | 9 (7–15) | 14 (9–26) | 3 (1–5) | ||
| Back to work (days) | 21 (3–41) | 28 (15–41) | 14 (10–25) | 15 (10–27) | 7 (3–10) | ||
| Likert scale score | 1 | 5 (1.2%) | 4 (1.8%) | – | – | 1 (1.7%) | |
| 2 | 48 (11.4%) | 37 (16.2%) | 4 (4.9%) | 4 (7.5%) | 3 (5.1%) | ||
| 3 | 95 (22.5%) | 64 (28.1%) | 16 (19.5%) | 11 (20.8%) | 4 (6.8%) | ||
| 4 | 124 (29.4%) | 80 (35.1%) | 25 (30.5%) | 7 (13.2%) | 12 (20.3%) | ||
| 5 | 150 (35.5%) | 43 (18.9%) | 37 (45.1%) | 31 (58.5%) | 39 (66.1%) | ||
| Likert scale/score assessment: 1 – very dissatisfied; 2 – dissatisfied; 3 – Ok; 4 – satisfied; 5 – very satisfied. PMC – primary midline closure; LF – Limberg flap; KF – Karydakis flap; LP – laser pilonidotomy. | |||||||