Biomaterial Database

Choosing the correct side for Karydakis flap. 2008

H Kulacoglu

Department of Surgery, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. hakankulacoglu@hotmail.com

OBJECTIVE Choosing the correct side for Karydakis flap in treatment of pilonidal disease in certain cases. METHODS When the cyst or diseased tissues appear deep into the opposite side it may create some annoying problems, like too thin skin edge, dead space and wound failure. Herein, a simple modification of skin incision marking to over-come this potential problem is described. CONCLUSIONS This simple technical offer could be useful when dealing with sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease in daily surgical practice.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010864	Pilonidal Sinus	A hair-containing cyst or sinus, occurring chiefly in the coccygeal region.	Pilonidal Cyst,Cyst, Pilonidal,Cysts, Pilonidal,Pilonidal Cysts,Sinus, Pilonidal
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013524	Surgical Flaps	Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region.	Island Flap,Island Flaps,Flap, Surgical,Flaps, Surgical,Pedicled Flap,Surgical Flap,Flap, Island,Flap, Pedicled,Flaps, Island,Flaps, Pedicled,Pedicled Flaps
D013653	Tattooing	The indelible marking of TISSUES, primarily SKIN, by pricking it with NEEDLES to imbed various COLORING AGENTS. Tattooing of the CORNEA is done to colorize LEUKOMA spots.	Tattoo,Tattoos