Pilonidal Disease

References

Citations

1. Welton ML (2003). Pilonidal disease section of Anorectal diseases. In SC Friedman et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Gastroenterology, 2nd ed., pp. 470–471. New York: McGraw-Hill.

2. Da Silva JH (2000). Pilonidal cyst cause and treatment. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, 43(8): 1146–1156.

3. Hull TL, Wu J (2002). Pilonidal disease. Surgical Clinics of North America, 82: 1169–1185.

Other Works Consulted

• Senapati A, et al. (2000). Bascom's operation in the day-surgical management of symptomatic pilonidal sinus. British Journal of Surgery, 87(8): 1067–1070.

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