Comment on: Excision and suture in the midline versus Karydakis flap surgery for pilonidal sinus: randomized clinical trial

Affiliations

¹ Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery and Burn Medicine, German Armed Forces Central Hospital Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany.
² Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany.
³ Department of Procto-Surgery and Pilonidal Sinus, St. Marienhospital Vechta, Academic Teaching Hospital of the MHH Hannover, Vechta, Germany.

Comment

Marius Dettmer et al. BJS Open. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 7;6(4):zrac105.

doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrac105.

¹ Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery and Burn Medicine, German Armed Forces Central Hospital Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany.
² Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany.
³ Department of Procto-Surgery and Pilonidal Sinus, St. Marienhospital Vechta, Academic Teaching Hospital of the MHH Hannover, Vechta, Germany.

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Excision and suture in the midline versus Karydakis flap surgery for pilonidal sinus: randomized clinical trial.
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