Management and outcomes of pilonidal patients with secondary sinuses-a cohort study.

Background: Patients with pilonidal disease (PD) can present with concurrent draining secondary sinus at the superior gluteal cleft. The natural disease course in the setting of this severe phenotype is poorly characterized. We present the largest cohort of patients with PD and concurrent secondary sinus.

Standardized pilonidal protocol as rescue therapy for excision-refractory pilonidal disease.

Purpose: Severe pilonidal diseases have refractory symptoms despite multiple surgeries and optimal therapy remains unclear. We hypothesized that standardized minimally invasive protocol could be an effective rescue treatment.

Methods: We prospectively collected data from symptomatic patients who underwent ≥ 1 pilonidal excision prior to presentation at our clinic 2019-2023.

A standardized treatment protocol for pilonidal disease can influence the health mindset of adolescents.

Purpose: Pilonidal disease (PD) significantly impacts patients' quality of life and requires regular maintenance behaviors to achieve cure. Health mindset is a psychological construct which can influence health behaviors and outcomes, with a growth mindset being associated with better outcomes than a fixed. We propose that participation in a standardized treatment protocol can affect the health mindset for adolescents with pilonidal disease.

Comorbidities are not associated with pain symptom or recurrence in patients with pilonidal disease.

Background: Comorbidities can potentially impact the presentation or outcome of patients with pilonidal disease (PD) due to poor wound healing or increased inflammatory response. We hypothesized that certain comorbidities could lead to worse pain or higher recurrence rate.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed on all PD patients treated with standardized minimally invasive protocol at our clinic 2019-2022.

Regular epilation alone is an acceptable treatment for symptom-free pilonidal patients.

Introduction: Patients with mild pilonidal disease often experience symptom resolution without excision. We hypothesized that treating symptom-free/asymptomatic pilonidal patients with regular epilation alone had similar recurrence rate as patients who were also treated surgically.

Method: Patient data were prospectively collected 2/2019-11/2022 at our Pilonidal Clinic.

Increasing Amount of Hair Reduction using Laser Correlates with Lower Probability of Recurrence in Patients with Pilonidal Disease.

Background: Hair at the gluteal cleft plays a key role in the development and recurrence of pilonidal disease (PD). We hypothesized that more hair reduction achieved using laser could correlate with lower chance of PD recurrence.

Methods: PD patients who underwent laser epilation (LE) were categorized by Fitzpatrick skin type, hair color, and hair thickness.

Outreach and online training services at the Saccharomyces Genome Database.

Unlabelled: The Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD; www.yeastgenome.org ), the primary genetics and genomics resource for the budding yeast S.

Integration of new alternative reference strain genome sequences into the Saccharomyces genome database.

The Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD; http://www.yeastgenome.org/) is the authoritative community resource for the Saccharomyces cerevisiae reference genome sequence and its annotation.

The Saccharomyces Genome Database Variant Viewer.

The Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD; http://www.yeastgenome.org) is the authoritative community resource for the Saccharomyces cerevisiae reference genome sequence and its annotation.