Pilonidal Disease

Educational session - Lukas Marti at ESCP Milan 2016

Educational session - Edgar Furnée (The Netherlands) at ESCP Vienna 2019

One of the Six Best PFP papers - Ida Kaad Faurschou at ESCP Paris 2025

Susanne Haas (Denmark) at ESCP Vilnius 2023

International study results forum - Asha Senapati (United Kingdom) at ESCP Vilnius 2023

Core Subject Update - Edgar Furnée (The Netherlands) at ESCP Nice 2018

Trainee lunch workshop - Dieter Hahnloser at ESCP Belgrade 2013

Several surgical techniques for dealing with pilonidal disease (PD) exist. Primary closure allows for quicker healing. Off-midline closure provides for better healing rates compared with midline closure. Fewer recurrences occur with open healing compared with midline closure. Systematic reviews of each method are prone to bias. Many minor small variations in technique occur, adding to the great divergence of published results and in the understanding of the pathogenesis of PD. The literature suggests a trend away from wide excision and healing by secondary intention toward less invasive procedures. Flap techniques may be used for complicated recurrent PD. The Limberg flap is widely used and provides satisfactory results.

Oral Poster - Gabriella Giarratano at ESCP Barcelona 2014

Education session - Dorian Krsul (Croatia) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Free paper - Daniel Dindo at ESCP Sorrento 2010

For ESCP's Pilonidal Disease month, Prof Luigi Basso introduces the key debates among surgeons on the best methods to treat this condition, which has a debilitating and demoralising impact on predominantly young patients.

Guidelines updates session - Asha Senapati (United Kingdom) at ESCP Vilnius 2023

Dr Louis Banka Johnson of Malmoe University Hospital submitted this presentation for ESCP's Pilonidal Disease Month, December 2017.

Free paper - Benjamin Darnis at ESCP Paris 2025

New trials forum - Gaetano Gallo (Italy) at ESCP Dublin 2022

Free paper - Lorenzo Mori at ESCP Belgrade 2013

Oral Poster (Proctology and Functional) - Marco La Torre at ESCP Dublin 2015

Scientific session - Igors Iesalnieks (Germany) at ESCP Dublin 2022

Symposium - Ethem Gecim at ESCP Dublin 2015

Cohorts and audits research session - Luigi Basso (Italy) at ESCP Vilnius 2023

One of the Six Best abstracts - Edward Ram (Israel) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Oral visual poster presentation - Konstantinos Minotakis (Greece) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Professor Luigi Basso's presentation for ESCP's Pilonidal Disease Month, December 2017.