Karydakis Procedure Vs Limberg Flap in Treatment of Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus

Services Hospital, Lahore50 enrolled

Overview

This study will be a randomized controlled trial in which there will be comparison of the effectiveness of Karydakis procedure and Limberg flap in treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pilonidal Sinus

Interventions

Karydakis procedurePROCEDURE

Pilonidal sinus will be excised by Karydakis procedure

Limberg FlapPROCEDURE

Pilonidal sinus will be excised by Limberg Flap

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with pilonidal sinus of any sex and aged 20 years or above * Non infected pilonidal sinus Exclusion Criteria: * Infected pilonidal sinus * Uncontrolled diabetes * Patient on immunosuppressive therapy

Locations (1)

Services hospital

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Percentage of patients presenting with recurrence of pilonidal sinus

Recurrence of Pilonidal Sinus(described as appearance of multiple discharging sinuses in operative site) after surgical procedure

Time frame: 8 to 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Number of weeks in which the operative wound will be healed

Duration of wound healing (complete epithelization of wound )

Time frame: 4 to 6 weeks

percentage of patients developing postoperative pain

postoperative pain( measured by visual analog score with 1 being minimum score and 10 being maximum score) after surgery

Time frame: 3 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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