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Article: Obese patients are suitable candidates for Karydakis procedure.
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- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- March 9, 2003
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2003 MAR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - The Karydakis operative technique for excision of pilonidal cyst and sinus, which uses an asymmetric flap repair, can be used safely and effectively in obese patients, according to a report in the International Journal of Colorectal Disease.
Mahmoud Sakr and colleagues at the University of Alexandria in Egypt treated 41 consecutive patients with chronic pilonidal sinus using the Karydakis repair technique. Patients with a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to26.5 kg/m[superscript]2 were considered obese (n=32) and those with a BMI
The obese patients had a ...