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Study aim
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1- Comparison of the frequency of wound infection, hematoma formation, seroma formation, wound cellulitis, after pilonidal surgery in two groups
2- Comparison of the total hospital cost of the two groups
3- Comparison of the duration of hospitalization of patients in two groups
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Design
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A parallel-group, single-blind, randomized, phase 2 clinical trial of 100 patients. The rand function of Excel software was used for randomization.
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Settings and conduct
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This study will be conducted in Ali Ibn Abi Talib Hospital in Rafsanjan in 2023. Patients who are candidates for pilonidal cyst surgery will enter the study after informed consent and will be randomly assigned to one of the intervention groups. After surgery, the checklist of study variables including some surgical complications, duration of surgery and hospitalization cost will be completed by project partners. Finally, the data analyst, who does not know about the grouping, will analyze the data.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Conditions for entering the study: informed consent to participate in the study, ages between 15 and 50 years
Conditions for not entering the study: history of skin disease including psoriasis, ichthyosis, pemphigus, history of diseases that weaken the immune system, history of taking corticosteroids, history of previous pilonidal cyst surgery
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Intervention groups
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Group 1: They will undergo incision and drainage of the abscess and will be discharged with the prescription of antibiotics, and the surgery to remove the pilonidal cyst will be performed in a delayed manner (one month later).
Group 2: They will undergo drainage and surgical removal of the pilonidal cyst during a single operation.
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Main outcome variables
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wound site infection; hematoma formation; seroma formation; Cellulitis of the wound area