Pilonidal sinus disease our results with excision and primary closure

Aim: this study was retrospective review of number of patients presenting with pilonidal sinus disease, describing their clinical features and estimating the results of their surgical treatment by simple excision and primary closure

Methods: 19 patients with chronic pilonidal sinus disease were treated between 2000 - 2003 in Sohag Teaching hospital by simple excision and primary suture

Results: the patients included 15 male and 4 female with a mean age of 25.5 y, 14 patients of them [73%] were evidently overweight. All patients had simple excision and primary suture. Only two patients developed recurrence

Conclusion: simple excision and primary closure results in a good healing with an acceptable rate of recurrence

role of endoscopic therapy with combined adrenaline injection plus thermo - coagulation in the management of patients with bleeding peptic ulcer

The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of endoscopic treatment with combined adrenaline injection and thermo-coagulation in the treatment of the patients with bleeding peptic ulcer. This study was carried out in Sohag Teaching Hospital over the period extending from November 1999 through December 2002. During this study period, 42 patients were admitted with bleeding peptic ulcer. Of them, 36 patients required endoscopic treatment. The cases included 22 duodenal ulcer and 14 gastric ulcer. Initial hemostasis was successful in 30 patients and rebleeding occurred in 4 patients. The mortality rate was 11.1%