Comparison between Limberg's Flap and Wide Excision in the Treatment of Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Disease
Abstract: Objective. A Comparative study of management strategy for sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease-Wide excision & Secondary healing vs Limbergs Flap surgery. Design Prospective observational clinical study of 30 cases. Setting Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka Material & method Study design - Randomized prospective open labeled comparative study Sample population The OPD/IPD patients who shall be treated for pilonidal disease (sinus, cyst or abscess) in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Hospital, Bangalore from April 2012 to June 2014. Patients will be randomly be assigned to group 1 or group2. Group1- will undergo wide excision for pilonidal disease. Group 2- will undergo Limbergs flap surgery. Patients will be followed up till June 2014. Patient will also be followed up for recurrence, duration of hospital stay, duration of incapacity to work, time required for complete healing, post operative complications. Results Incidence of Seroma in the with wide excision and secondary healing in the present study also was 0 %. It was significantly more associated with wide excision and secondary healing (P=0.024). We observed that Mean number of hospital stay is significantly shorter in patients who underwent Limberg flap surgery 5.271.14 days as compared to those Wide Excision with secondary healing 7.671.29 days with P
Keywords: PILONIDAL DISAESE, LIMBERG'S FLAP, WIDE EXCISION, SECONDARY HEALING, SURGERY
How to Cite?: Dr. Tolia Dhvanit, Dr. Gawde Nikhil, "Comparison between Limberg's Flap and Wide Excision in the Treatment of Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Disease", Volume 5 Issue 4, April 2016, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1483-1485, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=NOV162858, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/NOV162858