Table 1 Patient and surgery characteristics of patients undergoing primary pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) surgery; Pit-picking surgery (PPS) or Asymmetrical excision with local flap (AELF)
From: Long-term results for pit-picking and flap procedures in primary pilonidal sinus disease
All patients(n = 113) | PPS (n = 55) | AELF (n = 58) | p-value a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Patient characteristics | ||||
Age, years | 0.03 | |||
Median (range) | 26 (16–66) | 24 (16–59) | 28 (16–66) | |
BMI, kg/m2 | 0.29 | |||
Median (range) | 28.4 (17.9–44.5) | 28.3 (17.9–44.5) | 29.1 (21.6–44.1) | |
Missing values | 56 | 24 | 32 | |
Gender | ||||
Male | 87 (77.0) | 42 (76.4) | 45 (77.6) | 0.88 |
Female | 26 (23.0) | 13 (23.6) | 13 (22.4) | |
Diabetes | ||||
Yes | 7 (6.2) | 2 (3.6) | 5 (8.6) | 0.27 |
No | 106 (93.8) | 53 (96.4) | 53 (91.4) | |
Smoking | ||||
Yes | 46 (68.7) | 20 (60.6) | 26 (76.5) | 0.16 |
No | 21 (31.3) | 13 (39.4) | 8 (23.5) | |
Missing values | 46 | 22 | 24 | |
Previous abscess incision | ||||
Yes | 61 (54.5) | 30 (54.5) | 31 (54.4) | 0.99 |
No | 51 (45.5) | 25 (45.5) | 26 (45.6) | |
Missing values | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Surgery characteristics | ||||
Spillage of pus during surgery | ||||
Yes | 10 (8.8) | 2 (3.6) | 8 (13.8) | 0.06 |
No | 103 (91.2) | 53 (96.4) | 50 (86.2) | |
Sinus number | ||||
< 2 | 20 (21.3) | 13 (24.1) | 7 (17.5) | 0.44 |
≥ 2 | 74 (78.7) | 41 (75.9) | 33 (82.5) | |
Missing values | 19 | 1 | 18 | |