CompletedNot Applicable

Conservative Versus Surgical Treatment of Umbilical Pilonidal Disease

Turkey (Türkiye)84 participantsStarted 2003-11

Plain-language summary

The aim of the study was to compare the results of conservative and surgical treatment, to create an algorithm for the management of the disease, and gain more information about the etiology, pathogenesis, and course of the disease. The investigators hypothesise that surgical treatment of UPS will be better than conservative management in terms of recurrence rate, healing time, patient comfort and satisfaction, and cost effectiveness.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * all patients willing to participate to the study with the diagnosis of umbilical pilonidal sinus Exclusion Criteria: * no informed consent * serious coagulation abnormalities * known allergy to local anesthetics * pregnancy, or women who refused contraception at the time of treatment * other concomitant umbilical pathologies such as umbilical hernia, granuloma, dermoid cyst * the patients who diagnosed with urachal and omphalomesenteric anomalies through radiological investigation * patients who underwent umbilical operation

What they're measuring

Cure Rate

Timeframe: 2 year after initial treatment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01662765

SponsorMedical Park Gaziantep Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2010-05

Results submitted2016-01-18

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