13- THE ROLE OF PHENOL INJECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF PILONIDAL SINUS DISEASE

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the impact of phenol injection on the outpatienttreatment of the sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease. A prospective analysis was taken offorty patients between June 2002 to June 2006 as an outpatient. Age, sex, state of sinuses atinitial presentation & the recovery time was analyzed. Phenol injection applied on 40 patients,37 males & 3 females. Forty percent of the patients required one injection while 55 % of thepatients had two applications. The recovery time was between 1-3 months. Recurrence wasobserved in 15% (6 patients). Phenol treatment is simple, easy & inexpensive method that canapplied on an outpatient basis, decreasing both recurrence rate & the morbidity.