Pilonidal cysts can’t be treated at home, but there are several home remedies that can provide temporary relief. To get rid of it permanently, a doctor will need to perform a minor surgical procedure.

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 ...

Pilonidal cysts typically develop above the cleft of the buttocks. These swollen lumps contain hair or other debris. They occur when small holes in the skin, known as pilonidal sinuses, become ...

PIlonidal sinus Treatment: STudying the OPtions (PITSTOP): an observational cohort with nested mixed methods and qualitative design to investigate surgical options for the treatment of pilonidal sinus ...

The term pilonidal (PIE-low-ni-dal) cyst is the most common term for a spectrum of disease that occurs over your tailbone (coccyx) at the top of the buttock crease/ gluteal cleft. An English surgeon, ...

Background: Pilonidal disease is an acute or chronic infection in the subcutaneous fatty tissue, mainly in the natal cleft. Its incidence in Germany in 2012 was 48 cases per 100 000 persons per year.