A pilonidal sinus is a small tunnel that develops at the top of the crease in the buttocks. Trapped hair around the buttocks crease can lead to an abscess, and a pilonidal sinus may develop as a ...

A pilonidal sinus is a pocket or a small cyst in the skin which generally develops near the tailbone, the top of the cleft of the buttocks. The word pilus means hair and nidal means nest. When a nest ...

Over the years, surgery has experienced a transition from being a trial and error-based approach towards evidence-based practice. To no surgically treated ailment does this truism apply more than ...

Also known as a pilonidal cyst, the condition forms when a sac of tissue fills with air or fluid in the crease of your buttocks. Pilonidal cyst, doctors say, is mostly caused by a skin infection.

Pilonidal sinus, once rare, is increasingly common in Hyderabad, especially among young adults and software engineers due to prolonged sitting. Doctors are seeing two to three cases per week and ...

A pilonidal sinus is a small hole or tunnel in the skin that can easily become infected. It typically forms in the cleft at the top of the buttocks. When a pilonidal sinus becomes infected it can turn ...