The value of honey dressings in pilonidal cyst healing: a prospective randomized single-center trial.

Background: Honey is described as a wound healing agent. Many virtues have been attributed to it, in particular, antibacterial properties. The aim of our study was to evaluate its value in healing of wounds after wide excision on pilonidal cyst healing.

Is histological analysis of pilonidal sinus useful? Retrospective analysis of 731 resections.

The pilonidal sinus (SP) is a common pathology. The treatment is a surgical excision. Many surgeons continue to systematically send this SP in histological analysis.

Interest of Using Ropivacaine for Outpatient Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Prospective Randomized Trial.

Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the interest of using ropivacaine for outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The use of local anesthesia by instillation and infiltration could reduce pain and increase the number of outpatient cholecystectomies.

Methods: A one-center randomized prospective clinical trial compared the use of ropivacaine during outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy to the control group of outpatients for laparoscopic cholecystectomy between April 2014 and May 2015.

Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair: long term results.

Objective: The aim of this prospective monocenter study was to evaluate the long-term results of laparoscopic treatment of incisional hernias using intra-peritoneal prosthetic mesh.

Patients And Methods: Seventy-seven patients underwent laparoscopic treatment of incisional hernia between January 2002 and January 2008. All patients were followed for at least five years after surgery.