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Pilonidal sinus surgery
I had done my p.sinus surgery 1 year ago..it was a limberg flap process with excersion..i want to know is there any recurrence chance after flap surgery for pilonidal sinus..because i want to attend railway medical..please reply surgeons regarding reoccurring chances of p.sinus after limberg flap.process
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Recurrence post pilonidal sinus surgery.is known. Or it may involve a long healing time too. A therpeutic trial therefore may be considered
before surgery.
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Unfortunately pilonidal sinus can come back even after surgery and give bad name to the surgeon. The reported recurrence rate for Limberg flap varies from 0.8 to 2.7%
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There’s a chance of recurrence but doesn’t always happen. get the surgery done you may or may not get it back
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