The role of phenol injection in the treatment of pilonidal sinus disease

Abstract EN

The aim of this study was to determine the impact of phenol injection on the outpatient treatment of the sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease.

A prospective analysis was taken of forty patients between June 2002 to June 2006 as an outpatient.

Age, sex, state of sinuses at initial 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 the patients had two applications.

The recovery time was between 1-3 months.

Recurrence was observed in 15% (6 patients).

Phenol treatment is simple, easy & inexpensive method that can applied on an outpatient basis, decreasing both recurrence rate & the morbidity.