Acute pilonidal abscess: Prospective nationwide audit in the Netherlands
Eleonora A. Huurman, A. A. Sophie den Otter, Christel A. L. de Raaff, Rosaline van den Berg, Sara J. Baart, Bas P. L. Wijnhoven, Ruben Schouten, Edgar J. B. Furnée, Robert M. Smeenk, Boudewijn R. Toorenvliet, A. Moekotte, A. Moekotte, P. M. H. Nierop, W. Bleeker, H. Bouwman, A. van Erp, O. van Ruler · 2024
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Eleonora Huurman and co-authors audited care for a painful tailbone abscess across the Netherlands, in a 2024 study. The condition, acute pilonidal abscess, strikes near the cleft of the buttocks and usually needs surgery. Thirty-six hospitals logged every pilonidal patient for a year; of 681, two hundred eight arrived with an acute abscess. Nearly all received simple incision and drainage.
At clinic checks, about forty-two percent of wounds had healed, taking a median of forty-three days. Complications stayed low at about four percent. Within a year, roughly seven percent saw the abscess return. The audit gives Dutch surgeons a shared baseline for a common, messy problem.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Eleonora A. Huurman, A. A. Sophie den Otter, Christel A. L. de Raaff, Rosaline van den Berg, Sara J. Baart, Bas P. L. Wijnhoven, Ruben Schouten, Edgar J. B. Furnée, Robert M. Smeenk, Boudewijn R. Toorenvliet, A. Moekotte, A. Moekotte, P. M. H. Nierop, W. Bleeker, H. Bouwman, A. van Erp, O. van Ruler |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |