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World J Clin Cases. Oct 16, 2015; 3(10): 876-879
Published online Oct 16, 2015. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i10.876
Published online Oct 16, 2015. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i10.876
Disease that should be remembered: Sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease and short history
Burhan Hakan Kanat, Department of General Surgery, Elazıg Training and Research Hospital, 23000 Elazığ, Turkey
Selim Sözen, Department of General Surgery, Medical Faculty, Namık Kemal University, 59000 Tekirdağ, Turkey
Author contributions: Kanat BH and Sözen S contributed equally to this work; Kanat BH and Sözen S designed the research; Kanat BH and Sözen S performed research; Kanat BH and Sözen S contributed new reagents or analytic tools; Kanat BH and Sözen S analyzed data; Kanat BH and Sözen S wrote the paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
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Correspondence to: Burhan Hakan Kanat, MD, Department of General Surgery, Elazıg Training and Research Hospital, Rızaiye neighborhood, İnönü street, Number:74, 23000 Elazığ, Turkey. burhankanat@hotmail.com
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Received: February 20, 2015
Peer-review started: February 22, 2015
First decision: April 10, 2015
Revised: May 8, 2015
Accepted: August 30, 2015
Article in press: August 31, 2015
Published online: October 16, 2015
Peer-review started: February 22, 2015
First decision: April 10, 2015
Revised: May 8, 2015
Accepted: August 30, 2015
Article in press: August 31, 2015
Published online: October 16, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: Pilonidal sinus disease has been a debate for about 2 centuries, about which many articles and reviews have been written until now. In this paper, some points that can be accepted as milestones were chronologically presented from the date in which it was first described until today. Since the debates still continue and there is no consensus on the treatment, we suggest that the debates will continue. For this reason and since this article shortly and clearly explains pilonidal sinus disease milestones, we think that it will contribute to the surgeons dealing with the issue.