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Anurakshat Gupta¹, Sunil Anand², Sandeep Mehrotra¹

¹Department of Surgery, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, 411040, India.

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The Limberg flap procedure showed better surgical outcomes for pilonidal sinus treatment compared to the Karydakis procedure. These results were reproducible by surgical residents, indicating its suitability for less experienced surgeons.

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Area of Science:

Surgical outcomes
Pilonidal sinus treatment

Background:

Pilonidal sinus surgery lacks a gold standard, with outcomes varying by surgeon preference and experience.
No prior studies have compared surgical outcomes for pilonidal sinus procedures performed by residents.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the short-term surgical outcomes of the Karydakis and Limberg flap procedures for pilonidal disease.
To evaluate the reproducibility of these procedures by surgical residents.

Main Methods:

A prospective, double-blinded, observational study involving 50 patients with primary pilonidal sinus openings.
Patients underwent either the Karydakis flap (n=25) or Limberg flap (n=25) procedure.
Exclusion criteria included frank pilonidal abscess; patients with intermittent discharge were included.

Main Results:

The Karydakis group experienced a significantly higher infection rate (9/25) compared to the Limberg group (3/25).
Complete wound dehiscence was also more frequent in the Karydakis group (2/25) versus the Limberg group (1/25).

Conclusions:

The Limberg flap procedure demonstrates superiority over the Karydakis procedure for pilonidal sinus treatment.
The Limberg flap's outcomes are reproducible by surgeons with limited experience, suggesting its efficacy for residents.