Skin flap
Skin flap
Operation
Surgery is performed under general anesthesia with the patient in the prone position (face down – on the abdomen). The operation consists of removing the cyst, followed by a skin flap.
After resection, the skin flap slides over the cavity so that it is filled and covered. The gluteal fold becomes shallower and less deep and the suture is moved lateral of the midline to decrease the risk of a wound dehiscence and recurrence.
Dehiscence after a skin flap heal faster than after resection in the buttock cleft of the pilonidal cyst.
Traetment: Spontaneous absorption of the fluid or puncture-aspiration of the fluid.
You should contact your surgeon, GP or go to the emergency department:
If certain symptoms seem abnormal to you contact your doctor.
If this is not possible, you can contact avec your surgeon.
If you are unable to contact your GP or your surgeon, go to the uremergency department at St Elizabeth Hospital in Uccle.
No effect on fecal continence or sexual function after pilonidal cyst treatment.