Pediatric endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment (PEPSiT) as standard of care results over 10 years’ experience in 507 patients
Ciro Esposito, Maria Sofia Caracò, Roberta Guglielmini, Mario Mendoza Sagaon, Vincenzo Coppola, Fulvia Del Conte, Claudia Di Mento, Francesco Tedesco, Giovanni Esposito, Francesca Carraturo, Roberto Cardone, Tristan Till, Mariapina Cerulo, Maria Escolino · 2026
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Description
A pilonidal sinus, an infected pit at the top of the buttock cleft, plagues teenagers. Ciro Esposito and co-authors report ten years of treating it through a tiny camera instead of open surgery, in a 2026 series. Their method, PEPSiT, cleans and closes the tract endoscopically. Five hundred seven patients, median age fifteen and a half, were treated between 2016 and 2025.
Recovery was strikingly gentle: every patient reported a nearly painless course, and satisfaction scored near the top of the scale. About one patient in ten saw the disease return, most within three months, and every recurrence was fixed by repeating the same procedure. Recent patients also received platelet-rich plasma around surgery. The authors argue that a standardized routine, careful aftercare and structured follow-up included, earns the method standard-of-care status for adolescents.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ciro Esposito, Maria Sofia Caracò, Roberta Guglielmini, Mario Mendoza Sagaon, Vincenzo Coppola, Fulvia Del Conte, Claudia Di Mento, Francesco Tedesco, Giovanni Esposito, Francesca Carraturo, Roberto Cardone, Tristan Till, Mariapina Cerulo, Maria Escolino |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |