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| Pilonidal sinus of hand; presentation and management: A systematic review of literature | ||||||
| Abdulwahid M. Salih1, Fahmi H. Kakamad2,3, Rawand A. Essa3, Rawezh Q. Salih3, Hawbash M. Rahim3,4, Hunar A. Hassan3, Imad J. Habibullah5, Aso S. Muhialdeen5, Shvan H. Mohammed3, Karukh K. Mohammed3 | ||||||
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1Faculty of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Department Surgery, University of Sulaimani, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq 2Faculty of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Department Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Sulaimani, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq 3Kscien organization for scientific research, Hamdi Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan region, Iraq 4University of Sulaimani, Faculty of Science & Science Education, School of Education Science, Biology Department, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq 5Sulaimani Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq | ||||||
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| Salih AM, Kakamad FH, Essa RA, Salih RQ, Rahim HM, Hassan HA, Habibullah IJ, Muhialdeen AS, Mohammed SH, Mohammed KK. Pilonidal sinus of hand; presentation and management: A systematic review of literature. Edorium J Dermatol 2017;2:1–5. |
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| Pilonidal sinus disease may occur in the hand, the presentation and management of which is not well studied, the aim of this review is to highlight the presentation and management of pilonidal sinus disease of hand. Google scholar engine, Cochrane library, PubMed and Web of Science have been searched for the keywords. After exclusion of the unrelated papers, the search found 26 articles. The cases were presented and discussed collectively as the number of patients included in each study was few. The search found 31 patients complaining from pilonidal sinus of interdigital areas. Twenty-six (83.9%) cases were male, 5 (16.1%) cases were females, 23 (74.2%) patients were barbers; other 8 (25.8%) patients were animal groomers. Right hand was affected in 22 (67.7%) cases and in left hand in 10(32.3%) cases. Chronic painful discharging sinus was the most common presenting symptom occurring in 16 (51.6%) patients. Abscess and cystic-like lesions were found in 10 (32.3%) patients. Excision and daily dressing was done for 28 (90.3%) cases, incision and drainage were performed in 2 (6.4%) cases. Recurrence occurred in 5(16.1%) cases. Hand pilonidal sinus is an occupational disease solely affects those individuals who work with hair including barbers and hairy animal groomers. The main presenting symptoms are similar to the pilonidal sinus disease of other areas. Surgical excision with daily dressing is the main line of therapy. | |
| Keywords: Hand, Interdigital, Pilonidal sinus | |
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Author Contributions
Abdulwahid M. Salih – Substantial contribution to the concept and design, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Fahmi H. Kakamad – Substantial contribution to the concept and design, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Rawand A. Essa – Substantial contribution to the concept and design, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Rawezh Q. Salih – Substantial contribution to the concept and design, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Hawbash M. Rahim – Substantial contribution to the concept and design, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Hunar A. Hassan – Substantial contribution to the concept and design, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Imad J. Habibullah – Substantial contribution to the concept and design, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published S. Muhialdeen – Substantial contribution to the concept and design, Acquisition of the data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Shvan H. Mohammed – Substantial contribution to the concept and design, Acquisition of the data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Karukh K. Mohammed – Substantial contribution to the concept and design, Acquisition of the data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of Submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Conflict of Interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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© 2017 Abdulwahid M. Salih et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |