Recruitment

Recruitment Status
Completed
Estimated Enrollment
Same as current

Summary

Conditions
Pilonidal Sinus
Type
Interventional
Phase
Not Applicable
Design
Allocation: N/AIntervention Model: Single Group AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Treatment

Participation Requirements

Age
Between 18 years and 65 years
Gender
Both males and females

Description

To study the potential benefits of intraoperative methylene blue use in pilonidal sinus surgery in detecting the borders of the disease, the histopathologic correlation between the specimen dyed by methylene blue and also the cavity excision specimen not dyed by methylene blue was investigated. The ...

To study the potential benefits of intraoperative methylene blue use in pilonidal sinus surgery in detecting the borders of the disease, the histopathologic correlation between the specimen dyed by methylene blue and also the cavity excision specimen not dyed by methylene blue was investigated. The branches that distinctly exceeded the planned dyed excision borders will tried to be detected histopathologically, if any.

Tracking Information

NCT #
NCT01513382
Collaborators
Not Provided
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Suleyman Bozkurt, M.D. Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery Study Director: Erhan Aysan, Prof. Dr. Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery