Karydakis Procedure Vs Limberg Flap in Treatment of Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pilonidal Sinus
• Interventions: Procedure: Karydakis procedure; Procedure: Limberg Flap

• Registration Number: NCT03765086
• Lead Sponsor: Services Hospital, Lahore

Brief Summary

This study will be a randomized controlled trial in which there will be comparison of the effectiveness of Karydakis procedure and Limberg flap in treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-07-01
• Study Completion: 2018-07-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-07-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-12-04
• Study First Posted: 2018-12-05
• Status Verified: 2019-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-02-02
• Last Update Posted: 2019-02-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with pilonidal sinus of any sex and aged 20 years or above
• Non infected pilonidal sinus

Exclusion Criteria

• Infected pilonidal sinus
• Uncontrolled diabetes
• Patient on immunosuppressive therapy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Karydakis procedure	Karydakis procedure	Karydakis Procedure: In this procedure the pilonidal sinus will be excised by semilunar incision so that the incision line closure will be away from midline.
Limberg Flap	Limberg Flap	Limberg Flap: In this procedure the pilonidal sinus will be excised by diamond shaped incision and the defect will be closed by random pattern flap.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of patients presenting with recurrence of pilonidal sinus	8 to 12 weeks	Recurrence of Pilonidal Sinus(described as appearance of multiple discharging sinuses in operative site) after surgical procedure

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
percentage of patients developing postoperative pain	3 days	postoperative pain( measured by visual analog score with 1 being minimum score and 10 being maximum score) after surgery
Number of weeks in which the operative wound will be healed	4 to 6 weeks	Duration of wound healing (complete epithelization of wound )

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Services hospital; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan