Intervetional Lay Open and Curettage Versus Endoscopic (E.P.Si.T) Method in the Treatment of Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus Disease

Lay Open and Curettage Versus Endoscopic (E.P.Si.T) Method in the Treatment of Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus Disease

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04418310

Enrollment

Registered

2020-06-05

Start date

2020-06-12

Completion date

2021-07-31

Last updated

2020-06-18

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Conditions

Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus

Brief summary

Aim of the work To compare lay open technique versus Endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment as regards recurrence rate, operative data, postoperative pain, intra and postoperative complications, healing time and return to daily activity

Detailed description

Introduction Pilonidal sinus is a very common inflammatory disease of gluteal region (McCallum et al., 2008). Its incidence is 26/100,000 and it usually occurs in working males of age 15 to 30. The disease itself dates back to 1833 when Herbert Mayo, British Physiologist, Anatomist and Surgeon described it as a sinus containing hair follicles located in the sacrococcygeal region in a woman.

Interventions

PROCEDURELay open and curettage

Lay open and curettage

PROCEDUREEndoscopic (E.P.Si.T) method

Endoscopic (E.P.Si.T) method

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Adult patients of both genders with symptoms from sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus were included in our study.

Exclusion criteria

* Abscess formation 2. Immunodeficiency. 3. Patients with congenital asymptomatic pits. 4. Patient with psychiatric disease disabling surgical intervention. 5. Pregnant females

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
recurrence rate	one year	recurrence rate of pilonidal sinus symptoms after healing

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Primary ContactMohamed Arnouse

drmhamdy@mans.edu.eg01099222561

Backup ContactMahmoud Abdelnaby

Abdelshafymahmoud@gmail.com01099222561

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026