Extensive suppuration and being overweight are factors associated with the failure of laser treatment for pilonidal disease: lessons from the first French retrospective cohort.

L SpindlerA AlamN FathallahA-L RentienM DraulletteE PommaretM-L ThierryA El MituialyL AbbesM AubertP BenfredjE Safa FarH BeaussierV de Parades

Published in: Techniques in coloproctology (2021)

Almost 70% of our patients were cured by SiLaT. Complications were rare and mild. The technique appeared to be less effective for overweight patients and those with one or more secondary openings associated with pilonidal pits.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
physical activity
patient reported outcomes
mass spectrometry
risk factors
high speed
patient reported