{"id":23319,"date":"2018-04-10T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T10:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourplasticsurgeon.gr\/kusti-kokkiga\/"},"modified":"2019-05-10T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T07:57:00","slug":"kusti-kokkiga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yourplasticsurgeon.gr\/en\/kusti-kokkiga\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilonidal Cyst"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is it?<\/h2>

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It is a pocket or sac of tissue<\/strong> around a hair follicle on the skin above the tailbone and can form sinus tracts<\/strong> that can be infected and filled with pus (pilonidal abscess<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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The procedure<\/h3>

An infected pilonidal cyst or abscess requires surgical drainage. In cases of repetitive infections and difficulty in healing surgical excision of the cyst and reconstruction must be considered. I prefer to use Karydakis technique to reconstruct the defect and place sutures in an off-midline fashion. This has been proven to be as successful as the \u201copen approach\u201d that requires uncomfortable and long-term changes until the wound heals.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” el_class=”paddingonlybottom”][vc_column_inner]

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Anesthesia<\/h3>

Local anesthesia with or without sedation.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” el_class=”paddingonlybottom”][vc_column_inner]

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Recovery<\/h3>

Drains are placed for 2-4 days. Sitting down is avoided for 1 week. Sutures are removed after 2 weeks.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”21835″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”my-contact-column withimagecol” offset=”vc_col-lg-4″]

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CONTACT<\/h3>

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