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Brief Title: Effectiveness of Methylene Blue Guidance in Total Excision of Pilonidal Sinus.
Official Title: Does Intraoperative Methylene Blue Guidance in Pilonidal Sinus Surgery Really Effective in Total Excision of the Nest ?
Study ID: NCT01513382
Brief Summary: Methylene bleu use in pilonidal sinus surgery is not an effective guidance as expected.
Detailed 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 branches that distinctly exceeded the planned dyed excision borders will tried to be detected histopathologically, if any.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: Yes
Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Istanbul, , Turkey
Name: Suleyman Bozkurt, M.D.
Affiliation: Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Erhan Aysan, Prof. Dr.
Affiliation: Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR