Rethinking the causes of pilonidal sinus disease: a matched cohort study
Abstract Our understanding of pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) is based on a paper published 29 years ago by Karydakis. Since then, surgeons have been taught that hair more easily penetrates wet skin, leading to the assumption that sweating promotes PSD. This postulate, however, has never been proven....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85830-1 |