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October 3, 2025Cureus0 citationsOpen Access

Successful Treatment of Recurrent Umbilical Pilonidal Sinus with Omphalectomy and Umbilicoplasty

Recurrent Umbilical Pilonidal Sinus: An Uncommon Condition Successfully Treated With Omphalectomy and Umbilicoplasty

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LELud EyasuPMPatrick D. Melmer

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Overview

Case report highlights surgical excision and umbilicoplasty as effective management for umbilical pilonidal sinus, suggesting reliable outcomes.

Key Points

  • Surgical excision resulted in no recurrence after one year for a patient with chronic umbilical drainage.
  • Treatment involved omphalectomy and umbilicoplasty, addressing both health and psychosocial issues.
  • Despite being rare, umbilical pilonidal sinus requires clinical consideration in patients with umbilical discharge.
  • Imaging was unremarkable, but operative exploration confirmed the diagnosis and guided effective treatment.

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Eyasu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e03501f0e39f13e7fa37b5https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.93714
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