{"title":"The Limberg flap in sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease.","authors":"Rajesh Shetty, Richard Payne","doi":"10.12968/hmed.2010.71.9.78162","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pilonidal sinus disease can sometimes pose a surgical challenge because of prolonged wound healing problems and recurrence rates. This article describes a simple transposition flap which can be used for pilonidal sinus disease by general surgeons with good results.</p>","PeriodicalId":520576,"journal":{"name":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","volume":" ","pages":"511-3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.12968/hmed.2010.71.9.78162","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2010.71.9.78162","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Pilonidal sinus disease can sometimes pose a surgical challenge because of prolonged wound healing problems and recurrence rates. This article describes a simple transposition flap which can be used for pilonidal sinus disease by general surgeons with good results.